Cadfael's Profile

Penname:	Cadfael
Country:	Australia
Web address:	www.dianahockley.webs.com/
Favorite book:	All the novels of Julia Spencer Fleming.
Member type:	Author
Member Since:	Dec 28, 2005
Bio:	I am an Australian grannie of three, mouse judge and live with my husband on the edge of a small country town, overlooking the mountains of the Scenic Rim where we used to have a Scottish Highland cattle stud. We have five pet rats and two geriatric cats. I am a voracious reader, amateur landscape painter, VERY amateur pianist, presenter of a weekly classical music radio program and would-be famous writer! I have quite a few articles and short stories published so far, but my ambitions will probably outlive me! I am have contract published two novels, The Naked Room and The Celibate Mouse, both now available from Amazon worldwide and Angus & Robertson and Dymocks, Australia as well as from my website. Book Two, The Celibate Mouse, will be published at the end of March 2011 and Book Three, After Ariel, will hopefully be published in time for the Christmas sales 2011 but I won't hold my breath!

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Title/Name	Date	Ranking	Reviews	Type

	Mar 11, 2011	New	New


	Oct 2, 2010	New	New


TO THE QUEEN YOU SHALL GO	Feb 25, 2009	212	63	Novel
When Glory Rattinuss falls in love with Cosmos...

AFTER ARIEL (WORKING TITLE)	Dec 31, 2010	307	23	Novel
Pamela Miller, flutist, is about to return to...

WATER	Jun 29, 2006	231	19	Poetry
This is my first stab at the "modern" poetry...

STATEMENT BY KAT NOVE'S CATS ON BEING QUESTIONED IN CONNECTION WITH THE MURDER OF A MOUSE	Jan 5, 2008	964	9	Poetry
News Report: The Daily Mouse. Jan 6, 2008...

A WALK IN THE PARK	Feb 17, 2007	230	28	Short Story
I have re-hashed this over and over and...

MOTHERS VOICE	Jan 28, 2006	1222	10	Short Story
A short workshop piece that I wrote last year.

NOSE TO NOSE ROMANCE	Feb 5, 2006	965	10	Short Story
This is a true, short piece I wrote down...

THE APPLE	Feb 28, 2006	1068	10	Short Story
A tiny workshop piece. We were handed an apple...

REFLECTIONS FROM AN OUTDOOR DUNNY	Dec 15, 2008	1186	7	Short Story
An account of a Christmas made particularly...

THE TAKE	Apr 26, 2006	1355	10	Short Story
Just an experiment in true flash fiction. I am...

MONUMENTAL MOUSENESS MAYHEM	May 30, 2006	552	11	Short Story
This is an account of what has happened during...

HOW TO BATH A RAT	May 14, 2006	203	16	Short Story
This is just a mad moment of domestic...

AN HONOURABLE MAN	Apr 29, 2007	242	18	Short Story
This short story was posted last year and then...

COMPETITION PARAGRAPH	Jul 31, 2008	627	10	Short Story
An ABC Brisbane radio station - 612 4QR - is...

THE HISSY STAND-OFF	Jul 28, 2006	601	10	Short Story
This is a short piece that I wrote in 2004 and...

HOW THE LATEST AUSTIN JOINED THE CLUB	Apr 18, 2008	1167	7	Short Story
I was asked to provide a short article for the...

THE ART OF SULKING	Sep 9, 2006	439	11	Short Story
Women attain this skill upon reaching the age...

A LITTLE BIT OF MURDER	Aug 13, 2006	612	12	Short Story
You must always be careful what you wish for....

COUNTRY SHOPPING	Sep 20, 2006	1397	6	Short Story
This is an article written as part of a series...

THE UNDENIABLY FINE ART OF MAKING AN EXIT	Sep 14, 2007	692	10	Short Story
I wrote this last year but having looked at it,...

BEHIND THE WHEEL	Nov 15, 2006	550	14	Short Story
This memoir is being written for a HUGE...

BEHIND THE WHEEL PART 2	Nov 15, 2006	1249	8	Short Story
This is the second part of the memoir I have...

PREDATOR	Jul 21, 2010	178	18	Short Story
I'd almost forgotten about this flash fiction...

THE ROUTING OF SLIMEBALL MURPHY	Dec 29, 2006	1531	7	Short Story
Slimeball Murphy has been on the back-burner...

THE NIGHT THE WAGON GOT AWAY	Jul 5, 2007	253	14	Short Story
A editor who has been kind enough to use some...

TRUE CONFESSIONS by Vivaldi the Rat	Sep 2, 2007	754	8	Short Story
My name is Vivaldi. My Mama says Uncle Derek...

Aussie barbecue	Sep 6, 2007	231	13	Short Story
My first attempt at haiku. (NOTE: thongs in...

MY OWN BBQ RECIPE TO SPREAD ON STEAK	Sep 8, 2007	864	7	Short Story
This recipe is for everyone - but especially...

Bardot Ruffles for a Country Dance	Nov 26, 2007	1176	6	Short Story
This article had been commissioned for a...

CONFESSIONS OF A COMPUTER - CRIMES I HAVE ENJOYED COMMITTING AND WILL CONTINUE TO COMMIT IF I CAN GET AWAY WITH IT	Dec 11, 2007	690	8	Short Story
Letter for a computer to hand to a 10 year old...

CATASTROPHE (the cloud) re-write last posting	Jan 13, 2010	491	11	Short Story
The Cloud has been hovering over Las Vegas for...

THE SUNSHINE SMILE	Jul 26, 2008	1615	5	Short Story
This short piece was written a year or so ago,...

tough_droubble THE SCAM	Jan 5, 2009	1100	7	Short Story
Sometimes things aren't always what they seem....

THE WATER SHORTAGE	May 23, 2008	167	17	Short Story
Interested to know if this story is too...

SALUTING MISS LILY	Aug 10, 2008	279	14	Short Story
This is a competition entry for the next...

WRITING FOR MY LIFE	Jul 15, 2008	68	18	Short Story
I wrote to save my miserable little hide at...

YOU'RE A WHAT?	Jun 25, 2011	801	8	Short Story
This is an article which I have written for an...

WHO'S THE CHEF'S SPECIAL THEN?	Nov 5, 2009	689	8	Short Story
This is an article I've been asked to write for...

FRISBEE, RAT EXTRAORDINAIRE	Nov 27, 2011	856	8	Short Story
Frisbee Rat knew something was strange when...

QUERY LETTER TO AGENT REVISED/REPOSTED	Dec 26, 2009	340	13	Short Story
I have re-jigged this letter, as per advice...

GAMES	Jan 31, 2010	323	13	Short Story
A nasty little foursome have their eyes to the...

The Metamorphosis of Troubadour Merriweather REPOSTED	Apr 13, 2010	538	15	Short Story
When Troubadour Merriweather - all round nerd...

OF ROAST LAMB AND SCONES	Aug 31, 2010	704	8	Short Story
This is part memoir and part fun "Masterchef"...

THE MARGIN SCRIBBLER	Aug 21, 2011	1345	5	Short Story
Long time writer in the margins of books and...

THE SCAM	Aug 21, 2011	1844	3	Short Story
He thought he'd gotten away with murder.

THE PERFECT ALIBI	Aug 21, 2011	1089	6	Short Story
The set was perfect. Two birds with one stone....

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