Welcome to the website of author Gwen Wilson, aka blogger, Garrulous Gwendoline, The Reluctant Retiree…
With a few twists and turns along the way, life after forced retirement chose to reinvent me as an author.
Explore this blogsite turned website to learn more about my early background in my memoir I Belong to No One, or where life finds me now, with the recent release of my debut historical novel, Louisa.
Or simply enjoy my other blog posts, an eclectic mix of exhilarating travel adventures in Australia, or Abroad, mixed with random Writerly Things and Stuff that doesn’t fit elsewhere.
One day, I may write the sequel to my memoir. A ‘Self-Help’ book explaining how to transform a life that looked hopeless into one so full of vibrant activity there is never a spare minute in the day. The problem is that in all the years in between I was too busy putting one foot in front of the other to keep a diary, so the second-best option is my blog, first begun in 2013. Perhaps that is more revealing than any book could ever be…
For now, though, I’ll stick with dreaming of broad horizons. Who knows where that will lead me?
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It’s two weeks today since the official launch of Louisa, my debut historical novel. The launch took place at Links Seaside by Warrigal in Wollongong. This is the over-55s lifestyle resort in which I live, and the operator Warrigal had stood by me every step of the way for the planning and delivery of this…
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Here’s another post from the WordPress archive that is worth revisiting. A precis of our drive along the Pacific 101 on the west coast of USA in 2018. Funny to think that we were just starting out (early June ’18) at around about the same date as we returned last year from our second trip…
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WordPress has taken to reminding me what I posted “on this day” in previous years. The above was during our Covid restriction era. Seems a long time ago now. Hope you enjoy this little walk with history. (Actually, I was beach walking at the time – something I should take up again).