Characters aren't just invented - they're drawn from past experience and/or discovered. The background research for the main characters - Felicity (Flea) and Mia took many months. While I had...
Real Life Inspiration behind Shee-Oak
Posted By Geraldine Star,
01/11/2025
Every story has its roots in something real... For Shee-Oak, it was the landscapes of my childhood growing up on a farm near the Hay Plain. The sounds of hens clucking and roosters crowing,...
She-oak flowers
Posted By Geraldine Star,
03/11/2021
Shee-Oak is the title of my book and I named it because I was always intrigued by She-oak trees with their drooping branchlets which look like leaves and whispering sounds. I never realised their...
The title Shee-Oak
Posted By Geraldine Star,
22/09/2021
Choosing a title can be an exciting, 'nail-biting' occasion for an author because not only does it encompass the story but it identifies the book in bookshops, libraries and on reading lists forever...
