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Full
name
Christine Mary Jones
D.O.B
20/3/1960
Height 161cm
Eyes Blue
Hair colour Dark brown
Hobbies
writing - music - playing drums - renovating - gardening
- movies - all sorts of things. Will try anything
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A
tomboy, my dad used to call me scruff nut, the little
gypsy. I was well known for my imagination, as far
back as primary school in Victoria Australia. Mind
you, my parents would say earlier than that. I was
one of those kids who hated school and passed the
time climbing trees and being in dreamland. Education
wise, I would say, complete dummy, class clown, couldn't
spell to save myself and only looked at pictures in
books. What are the words for? In English, I wrote
many stories, was most creative, ahead of my time,
but my spelling and grammar was shocking. |
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no idea about religion whatsoever, I attended a Catholic
college for girls. Once I found out the Pope wasn't
God and Jesus wasn't an expelled student, I read the
bible from cover to cover. Alas my introduction to
reading. In English, I wrote many stories, was most
creative, ahead of my time, but my spelling and grammar
was shocking. Again, a Z grade student. I left college
at 16 and yes, I love drumming! |
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becoming an adult. |
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Whilst
going from job to job and being on the dole, I wrote.
Again, my spelling and grammar was shocking, but apart
from that, people loved my stories. I was once told;
I was born 50 years to early and had a million-dollar
imagination. That was a lot of money back then, even
Moses thought $5.00 boosted him from rags to riches.
In addition, get a dictionary and learn grammar. I
finally joined the Royal Australian Air force and
as I wasn't a drinker, wrote instead of socialising.
I love planes and flying. I wanted to be an astronaut
or at least a fighter pilot, funny thing is, you have
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a single mum, I looked after baby, wrote and socialised
with other mums. I got married, did the good wife
and mum thing. Our house burnt down in the Ash Wednesday
fires and I lost everything. A typewriter was the
last thing on the list whilst setting up home again.
I had another child before moving to a new state.
Became a great farmer, not! My
only brother David, 2 years younger than me, died
in 1987. He was the first to find out I was
pregnant, again. So, had another child. Later got
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As
a single mum, I moved house. Another child, yep that
makes 4. Amen, I got an old computer!!!!!!!! Once
I worked out the on key, manuals and I don’t
mix, I started rewriting up my works of thousands
of pages. 12 years down the track, in 2003 I remarried
and got some more kids, not had more kids, got some
more kids. With each re-write of a story, my writing
improved, mostly due to getting sick of the red and
green lines showing up everywhere on my screen. My
eldest daughter has
a bachelor's degree, the smart one in the family.
She has now
become
my proof reader, amongst a million others and is knocking
it into me the difference between there, their and
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My
advice to anyone who has not got an education
yet thinks they have a story to write is….
DO IT! You will be so surprised at what you will
learn during the process. Don’t get me wrong;
I regret being in the clouds instead of schoolbooks,
one of the reasons it's taken me so long to get
work out. However, there is no such word is can’t
in my opinion, so do it. There is a storyteller
in all of us.
I can write an entire book in 2 month, if I put
my mind to it and there’s not too many spelling
mistakes. If you find one in a book, let the team
know, we'll add it to the list. I have so many
stories floating around and still in my head;
I don't believe I'll live long enough to get them
all out. I don't know what the words writers block
means.
Do I preplan what I am going to write? No way,
I let my characters drive the story. They want
to go over a cliff, so be it, I will follow for
the ride. And no, I don’t have a pen and
paper with me scribbling down notes whilst we're
plummeting.
How
do I come up with a story? Devine intervention
and I'm sticking with it.
My idea of authors and publishing -
Once upon a time, stories were told verbally and
past down from generation to generation. Best
sellers are the ones still being told today and
can also been seen in cave paintings and on scrolls.
No matter whether you carve it in stone, POD or
pursue a publisher, we are all storytellers and
creative in our own right.
An author is in business, whether small or large
like everyone else. There is a lot of debating
going on about POD or vanity publishing as some
like to call it. Did you know authors are the
only ones frowned on for self-publishing? Independent
musicians promote and distribute CD's at gigs
and over the net, not only are people enjoying
the music, but sales enable the musicians to continue
to entertain. Artists have their own exhibitions,
people not only enjoy the art but sales enable
the artist to buy paint. Fashion designers, filmmakers,
the list is endless, all striving to get their
creations out to the world and make a living.
If an author is self promoting, they are frowned
upon, so what's not right here? I have never heard
anyone call Steven Spielberg a vanity filmmaker
or Picasso a vanity painter. I could reel off
many names, but I think you get the message. In
addition, how many best sellers have slipped through
publisher's hands? How many rejection slips does
an author get from publishers? Ask Frank Herbert
or J.R. Rowlings. Look it up, you will be surprised
at who had many rejections before getting heard,
so don't be disillusioned.
I don't see publishing houses as the end all or
that because you are 'published' makes you better
than anyone else. I say good luck to anyone wanting
to be heard and hope your dreams comes true, whether
you stand on a street corner handing out chapters,
POD or seek a publisher.
I love to write and be in that
dream world where I can be the hero or the monster
and everything in between. I personally chose
to self-publish, as with people wanting to read
my creations, I’m making the effort to get
my work out there. I am a writer not a marketer,
my product is for sale but me as a person is not
for sale. I would rather spend time writing than
searching the Internet for agents. Unfortunately,
there are un-reputable agents and publishers preying
on writers seeking their dreams. Though I want
to make a living off my writing, I want to be
the boss of my creations, I have a product some
want and will do my best to present it. I am blessed
with a great support group who are most motivating
and without them; my works would still be in the
draw.
Blessings
to all, Christine Jones.
P.S
Want to know more about me or my work? Ask,
ask, ask. Get the truth, not rumors of misconception.
If I can't answer you directly, I will place
answers up on the notice board.
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Christine
feels strongly about a number of issues.
1: Illiteracy. From illiterate to author. Christine believes
their should be no such thing as illiteracy. Join the campaigns
to help.
2: Mental illness. Christine’s only brother David had
schizophrenia and as a result, committed suicide at a young
age.
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Illiteracy
is a problem worldwide.
Christine's story.
How does one fail preps? Well I did. The grand excuse from
adults, I started school too young. I believed that story
for many, many years, but strangely enough, I was always the
oldest kid in the class throughout my entire education. From
as far back as I can remember; I struggled with reading and
writing. I was a tiny kid in comparison to others. The poor
kid, the kid who others loved to bully.
Back in the sixties, it was very different from today's education
system. I had teachers telling me I was dumb and would never
get anywhere in life. Reading aloud in class horrified me.
Unable to comprehend the majority of words, I would pretend
to lose my spot on the page and sure enough, someone would
say the word. I was so slow, the teacher would quickly move
onto another.
I learnt quickly that book covers and pictures told a thousand
words. Convincingly, I could convey enough of a story to decieve
any teacher. Being
the class clown, I spent my fair share of time in the hallway,
missing lessons. I didn't do homework. Known for being a tomboy,
a soggy exercise book backed up my story of it having dropped
in a puddle. Sometimes I would just give that wide-eyed look
of please don’t kill me and say I forgot to do it. After
a while, they didn’t even ask me for it.
I was good at telling stories and might I add, whopper’s.
The other kids always had something for show and tell. Not
me, I had a story, like my dad fell over me and found a lump
of gold. I never got past the first paragraph; teacher's would
roll their eyes and tell me to sit down.
My mind was always in the clouds. I was prince planet, space
ace, even members of the thunderbirds. I was escaping from
being bullied and when did this all start? From the ripe old
age of 4. I learnt to turn off; kids were mean and adults
even meaner. My only sanctuary was my imagination.
I had great parents and a loving home life, no complaints
there. I hid my literacy problems from my parents and teachers.
It wasn’t because I feared retaliation from kids, as
there wasn't much else they could do to hurt me bar throw
me off the top of the school. It was out of not trusting adults
to do anything about it. Secondly, whom were they going to
believe, the rich intelligent kids or the poor dumb kid.
I put my illiteracy problems down to escapism and being unable
to concentrate on what was going on around me. I was always
focusing on being strong, that invincible human able to cope
with anything dished out to me.
Back then we were taught cursive writing and though I didn’t
read, I did love putting my imagination down on paper. Have
you ever seen a five-page sentence? What about a five-page
word with every p, q, d, b, etc back to front? I couldn't
use a dictionary; even if I sounded the word in my head, I
could never find it, considering how I spoke. Pasific, instead
of specific. Noyz instead of noise.
Moving on, I attended a Catholic ladies college. I had no
idea of religion. To me God was the pope and Jesus some poor
teacher they took out the back, beat up and killed with a
log because he stood up to them. I was placed in special classes
with several others. I felt like I had dunce written on my
forehead, as everyone knew why we attended these sessions.
The school was praying that if they gave us the lesson in
advance, we would have some understanding in class. Unfortunately,
it didn't work for me. I still couldn’t grasp the concept
of nouns, verbs etc or make out the big words like mathematics
or fractions.The first book I ever started to read and couldn't
put down was the bible. I was in my first year of college;
took me a month to read a couple of verses but I was hooked.
I skipped the big words, like Genesis, but it was my start
to reading. I read nothing else but the grand book for years.
I left school at 16. To fill out forms for unemployment I
had to get help, usually from my mum or a friend. I was in
and out of factory jobs and came up with a bright idea to
become a police officer. A: I was too short, B: I couldn’t
understand the forms. Funny thing was, I still loved to write
and yes, the 100-page sentences. Friends, who liked reading
through the mess, started pointing out things to me, like
full stops and capital letters. I started to apply this, making
my stories, well should I say novels, a little more presentable.
I was once told I had a million dollar imagination, a lot
of money back in those days. The same person advised me to
read books, learn the art of English. I hated reading and
why, because I felt I was illiterate and to embarrassed to
go back to school or really tell anyone how serious my problem
was. I had become too stubborn for my own good.
I joined the Royal Australian Air Force; how I got in, I still
believe a miracle.
I kept writing, hundreds of pages of scribble. Purchased a
typewriter, transferred scribble into pages of typos and still
didn’t know what a paragraph or chapter was.
I’ll jump ahead, I was around 31-32 when I got an old
computer. This somewhat helped, but word processors were not
exactly what they are today. I started putting all my writing
onto the computer.
Upgrades and better technology showed me just how much of
a mess my work was. My own kids and a young girl, living with
us at the time, began helping me by pointing out spelling
mistakes. To this day, my daughter, who has a bachelor’s
degree in the performing arts, still has to remind me of the
difference between sought and sort, to and too. I have no
idea what a noun, verbs etc is. I'm learning the hard way,
relying on reminders like the red highlighted mistakes on
my word processor, but at least I can now use a dictionary.
Let me tell you this, you don't have to do it the hard way,
there are people who can help give you a better chance at
your dreams. Don't wait until your 45 to start doing what
you could have at 18. People do care, and never feel ashamed
no matter what your life experience was or is to seek help.
No matter how old you are, it is never to late to reach out
and learn or improve your skills.
There should be no such thing as illiteracy, but there is.
Technology has enabled us to communicate worldwide. See, hear
and read of the world’s problems. But how much is really
being done about illiteracy? How much money do government’s
pour into this wide spread problem. More is spent on weapons
and war than books for children. In so many countries education
is expensive, segregating the rich from the poor.
Get behind this problem, donate to a foundation, join Books
for the Underprivileged or even Soldiers. Put a book in your
child’s hand instead of an electronic game. Don't think
that one person can't make a difference, we can. If I hadn’t
had people who cared and the persistence to keep trying, I
would not be an author today and do what I love the most,
write.I will place here many banners to assist those needing
help with illiteracy. I also urge authors to get behind this
worldwide problem. Donate books and your time to these organizations,
as without them, you don't have an audience. |
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on all you authors out there, don't be stingy. Search the
web, find charities to send books to! Place their links on
your websites, tell other writers to spread the word!!! Get
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Read
this, it is amazing!!!!
The only practical, PROVEN way to guarantee every child OR
ADULT student can learn to read English and End Our Literacy
Crisis.
The title of a revolutionary new book, Let's End Our Literacy
Crisis, tells it all: If enough people read and apply what
they learn in this book we can indeed end our literacy crisis!
Your first question is, undoubtedly, "Do we really have
a literacy crisis in the U.S. and in other English-speaking
countries?" This book and the website http://literacy-research.com
convincingly answers that question. Based upon the most statistically
accurate and extensive study ever commissioned by the U.S.
government (this downloadable study is referenced on http://literacy-research.com),
92 million U.S. adults (47% of them) cannot read and write
well enough to hold an above-poverty-level-wage job! A later
study by the same study group proved that 40% or more of the
employees in most U.S. businesses are functional illiterates.
Due to the nature of the foundational, root cause of English
illiteracy, statistics from other countries are almost certain
to be similar.
Let's End Our Literacy Crisis also explains:
(1) seven reasons why most of us do not realize how extensive
functional illiteracy is,
(2) how serious the financial, emotional, and physical problems
that illiterates must constantly endure really are (unless
you've studied the effects of illiteracy, it is much worse
than you realize),
(3) how illiteracy is costing each U.S. adult who can read
at least $3700 each year for government programs that illiterates
use, for higher consumer prices because of the cost of recruiting
and training functional illiterates--and for their mistakes
and inabilities in the workplace--and for juvenile delinquency
and crime directly related to illiteracy (English illiteracy
in other countries undoubtedly incurs similar costs), and
(4) most importantly, it details a proven method of completely
and permanently ending most English illiteracy, not only for
92 million or more Americans but also for hundreds of millions
of English-speaking people around the world who cannot read
English. As you may know, English is used by more people as
a native or as a second language than any other language in
the world. This method of ending English illiteracy has been
recommended by dozens of scholars of English and of other
languages for 247 years and has been proven effective in more
than 300 languages--but it has never been tried in English!
In 295 of the 300 languages (95% of them), the students became
fluent readers in less than three months. It requires most
of the 53% of U.S. students who become functionally literate
from two to four years of the present reading instruction.
Your most important question, however, is probably, "How
will ALL of us who CAN read benefit by ending our literacy
crisis?" You will greatly benefit:
-- if you are concerned that a friend or relative is or (after
the presently inadequate schooling) may become functionally
illiterate and want to spare them the suffering and problems
illiteracy brings,
-- you object to needlessly (since illiteracy can be easily
ended) paying a comparatively large portion of your income
for illiteracy (at least $3700 each year per U.S. adult),
-- you are a teacher who is frustrated by knowing that about
half of your students will never become fluent readers with
present teaching methods,
-- you have financial interest in an organization being hurt
by functionally illiterate workers,
-- you have financial interest in an organization which prepares
or sells written material (since functional illiterates are
not customers of the organization),
-- you have financial interest in an organization being hurt
by competition with more literate foreign workers,
-- you feel compassion for 92 million in the U.S. and 100s
of millions elsewhere who are functionally illiterate in English,
-- you want to improve communication between language groups
and thereby lessen many of the international conflicts.
Will you want to get a copy of Let's End Our Literacy Crisis
and see for yourself (by going to http://www.pdbookstore.com
and clicking on "Education" in the left column and
scrolling down to the book)? We are so sure you will that
if, for any reason, you are not completely satisfied send
an email to literacy_research@msn.com
and your purchase price and all shipping charges will
be promptly refunded. Then just give your copy to someone
who will appreciate the gift enough to agree to read it--at
least all of the text (pages 1-212). If enough people read
and apply what they learn in this book, our literacy crisis
will end.
Bob Cleckler
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Mental
illness: -
It wasn’t until after my brother’s death that
I started looking into mental illness, prior to this, I was
ignorant. My brother was an intelligent guy and had the potential
of being a world-class tennis player or anything else he set
his mind to. I thought if David got a job, girlfriend and
a social life, everything would change for him. Not having
understood mental illness, there were times I was embarrassed
to be with him. I can also believe I was more detrimental
than helpful to David. Don’t get me wrong, I loved my
brother, but it was hard, hard to comprehend why he acted
and talked the way he did. You want to help, want them normal
so to speak and see them get on with life.
My brother had attempted suicide a number of times, so when
I got that phone call that David had shot himself, I assumed
in the foot or somewhere less lethal. Seeing my brother on
my parent’s lounge room floor surrounded my paramedics,
I still thought there was hope. I promised myself I would
join a group, do something to help him, as this was scarcest
suicide attempt to date. At the hospital, I continued to think
he would get through this. It didn't hit home until my brother
was declared brain dead and would die once taken off life
support. We lost David a few hours later.I did keep my promise
to investigate the illness, joined a group and even wrote
to the government wanting to know what was being done about
it. I found there was very little funding going into mentale
illness and it definitely wasn’t a vote catcher. Even
the media wasn’t interested in bringing awareness to
this problem.
17 years on, there is still not enough being done or funds
given for research and assistance to the mentally ill. I can
never make this up to David, but from what I have learnt,
we can make a difference in other peoples lives. Don’t
ignore this worldwide problem, it can happen to anyone, whether
rich or poor, educated or illiterate. Don’t wait until
it is too late, there is something you can do. Volunteer a
little of your time, acknowledging and educating yourself
on the subject can lead to saving lives and giving those affected
a better chance in life.
Donating to a million charities? Make it a million and 1 and
give to those who are making a difference.
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of people with mental illness. We share our experience
and offer support. Come and talk with us.
Hobart Tasmania Australia
Phone: (03) 6236 9251 Fax: (03) 6236 9301
Please phone for email address
ARAFMI
Tasmania
Camberwell, VIC, Australia
Phone Number: +61 3 9889 3733
Facsimile: +61 3 9889 2878
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Western Australia WA Australia
ARAFMI Offices Nedlands
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Phone: +618 9389-9888
Fax: +618 9389-7530Perth
Phone: +618 9228-0577
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Phone: 1800-811-747Hillarys
Phone: +618 9402-7022
Fax: +618 9402-7620Midland
Phone: +618 9250-7611
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Phone: +618 9258-7022
Armadale / Kelmscott
Phone: +618 9402-7022Fremantle
Phone: +618 9319-8799
Fax: +618 9319-8788Rockingham
Phone: +618 9528-0600Mandurah
Phone: +618 9531-8080
ARAFMI
Western Australia
Queensland Inc.
24 - hour telephone support line and
for information on regional groups contact the ARAFMI
Head office (07) 3254 1881
Callers from outside the Brisbane area can access the
toll free service: 1800 35 1881. (For carers only)
ARAFMI
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South
Australia
(08) 8221 5166
South Australia ARAFMI offers 2 different support groups
in Keswick and Adelaide.
ARAFMI
South Australia
New South Wales Australia
(02) 9887 5897 or Toll Free on: 1800 655 198
ARAFMI
N.S.W
Northern Territory Australia
NT Department of Health & Community Services - Provides
details of Top End Mental Health Services for Darwin,
Tennant Creek, Katherine, Alice Springs, Nhulunby and
remote areas.
NT
Health services
ACT Australia
Where to get help for a Mental Health Emergency in the
ACT
Department of Health and Community Services
Health and Community Services
General Inquiries 8999 2400
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ACT
SANE
Australia – A national charity working for a better
life for Australians affected by mental illness.
e-mail paul.morgan@sane.org
www.sane.org
Phone - +61 3 9682 5933
fax - +61 3 9682 5944
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