Okay McLeod’s Daughters fans.
Look where I am!
We can thank Posie Graeme-Evan’s for the McLeod’s Daughters series and, as I consider myself the lost McLeod Daughter, I’m happier than a butcher’s dog to be dropping in (fictionally-speaking) on Posie at her home in the picturesque Huon Valley, Tasmania. As well as her many TV successes, this multi-talented Australian treasure is also a brilliant novelist. (I had a wee fan girl moment a couple of years back. Here I am about to eat Posie, I think. But she was delightful… Short of stature, but delightful. 😉
Posie, Posie, Posie, thank you for letting my park my rig outside your …
Dairy-come-chook-house.
Yes, really; when I first saw the farm, the old ex dairy, now my office, had 200 chooks in residence. Last year, Andrew (my very clever husband) took that smelly little shed and turned into the nicest office I’ve ever had. And when this photo (left) was taken, I’d just barrowed all that gravel to make that path, too!
By the way, this painting (left) was my Christmas present last year – “Heartland” by my dear friend, painter Stephanie Tabram.; just to remind me of the original inhabitants
And what’s that I see written on your ‘welcome mat’, Posie?
The cow is not in. (just for those very bad writing days)
I miss my HUGE refrigerator. If I looked in your refrigerator right now, what would I find?
When I’m writing? Not enough of anything (especially if Andrew’s busy on the farm, too.) We find ourselves making omelettes very late at night.
(All those chooks obviously come in handy!)
Downsizing my life into a 24 ft caravan meant leaving lots of things behind in boxes. What (or who!!) would you have trouble leaving behind if you took off in a caravan?
Cats x 2.
Whose home would you like to visit in your van and why?
Taking a liberty here… Quite like to park on site when Edward 1 was building Caernarfon Castle (we stayed in one of the Bath Tower there last January). Would have liked to be invisible and sit in on one of the site meetings. The place is huge! And built so fast!
Do you REALLY have room at your house to park a fifth wheeler caravan and do you mind visitors? Oh, sorry, you don’t have to answer that one!!
Jenn…. You’re welcome anytime : )
(Just need to get brave enough to get Barcoola onboard and cross that might sea that separates us, Poise. But we will do it. We will!)
Country curiosities…
My latest novel, Season of Shadow and Light, has a strong horse theme. (I love what horses can teach us). If you were an animal what would you be?
When I was a kid I had an imaginary animal friend; a black puma. Splendid! However, now I’d quite like to be a Shire Horse. So dignified and patient and loveable (I’ve never done these three very well, but I continue to aspire!)
You’re cooking and your food is going up against the best cooks from the CWA (Country Women’s Association). What would be your winning dish?
My mother’s Cheaters Cheese Souffle (it’s based on a scaffolding of stale bread and never falls down!)
About you…
What is the hardest part of writing for you?
Hard! Goodness gracious, why would you ever think writing is hard! (Gaaaar! What is that sound, what does it mean??) Sigh. When you just have to keep going and there’s no escape and it takes over every single thing that you do, waking and sleeping. Then there are the bad days…
If someone was to write your biography, what do you think the title should be?
“She Ground Her Teeth.”
What question have you always wanted to be asked in an interview? How would you answer that question?
“Goodness, you’re tall. Does that bother you?”
Answer: Not at all (yeah, yeah I know; but next life I’m coming back very tall, and very willowy)
Favourite Fun
Favourite four: kinds of clouds; thunderheads, mares’ tails, snow, storm
Favourite place in Australia: the ridgeline where I live in Tasmania’s South. Sunny afternoon, mates and kids. All good : )
Favourite holiday destination (anywhere): The North of the world, faaar North
Favourite quote: “Never trust a sword to a man who can’t dance” (Thankyou Dad.)
If I said to you, “Just entertain me for five minutes, I’m not going to talk,” what would you do?
I’d sing. Or make scones.
(Or put the McLeod’s Daughter’s series one in the DVD and stop singing! 🙂 
WIN – Wild Wood
WIN a signed copy of Wild Wood. Just leave a comment below. If you have a favourite McLeod’s Daughter character, do share. My fave is Claire.
You can find Wild Wood buy links HERE or go straight to Amazon
Posie’s Wild Wood novel is every bit as wonderful as The Island House.
About Wild Wood
“Of time and fate only one is real. In 1981, in London just before Charles’ & Di’s wedding, Jesse Marley will find that out.”
Jesse Marley calls herself a realist; she’s all about the here and now. But in the month before Prince Charles and Lady Diana’s wedding in 1981, all her certainties are blown aside by events she cannot control. First she finds out she’s adopted. Then she’s run down by a motorbike.
In a London hospital, temporarily unable to speak, she uses her left hand to write. But Jesse’s right-handed. And as if her fingers have a will of their own, she begins to draw places she’s never seen, people from another time—a castle, a man in medieval armour. And a woman’s face.
Rory Brandon, Jesse’s neurologist, is intrigued. Maybe his patient’s head trauma has brought out latent abilities. But wait. He knows the castle. He’s been there.
So begins an extraordinary journey across borders and beyond time, one that takes Jesse to Hundredfield, a stronghold built a thousand years ago by a brutal Norman warlord and passed down to the noble Dieudonné family, a clan honored and burdened with the task of protecting England’s dangerous northern border in the fourteenth century. Jesse holds the key to the castle’s many secrets and its connection to the mystical legend of the Lady of the Forest.
Somehow Hundredfield, with its history of darkness and light, of bloody battles won and lost, will help Jesse find her true lineage. In a world where the tales of old are just a heartbeat away, there are no accidents. There is only fate.
Posie’s website is just gorgeous (can you tell I really am a fan?) and you might be surprised to know what other fabulousness Posie once brought into our lives. (I’ll Hi 5 you if you can guess! Hint! hint!)
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I was so excited to see this in the stores last week. Straight to the top of the TBR list… I love Posie’s books! Jenn J.Mcleod loaned me the first one I ever read and I was hooked. I love the title of this book… it is very enticing.
Love the comment about Posie parking her van at Caernafon Castle during Edward I’s reign. Has me thinking of the places I’d like to park a time traveling van in. Very clever Posie.
And there’s nothing wrong with being one of the “little people” except when standing next to Jenn J MacLeod, you do tend to get a crick neck from looking up 😉
Thanks for introducing another wonderful author for me to read! Posie’s books sound fantastic and I’ll have to search for them once school holidays are over! I enjoy reading your blogs, Jenn and ‘it’s nice to get to know you Posie!’
My kids grew up on High 5 so thank you Posie for many hours of repeated songs in the car. lol. McLeod’s daughter was a brilliant series. I wanted it to go on forever but alas all good things must come to an end. I can’t wait to read Posie’s book it sounds fabulous.
Hi Cassie, thanks for dropping by. Good luck in the draw.
I have never cared for reruns…ever! However, the MCD series has got me memorized… I can’t get enough! Love ALL the characters…my favorite is Stevie (Simmone Jade MacKinnon). I have lost count on how many times I have watched it. My boxed set is priceless to me!!! Such a big fan of MCD, Simmone, Michala, Aaron…etc…and our dear Posie!!! Never been much of a reader either….Posie has changed that too!!!
Vicky, LOVED Stevie. I bumped into Simmone in the supermarket where we both live. I did not know she lived there. I went all tongue-tied. Then I found out she bought the house I ‘almost’ bought several years earlier. Small world.
Iwould sure like to win signed copy For my Wife.She is 1 ardent MD fan.I am already indebted to Ms Posie for finding time to encourage my wife. And after she showed my fb post to her husband Andrew, I feel connected too. Her fav MD character Is Alex Ryan. (Should I be Jealous?) Eve often watches MD untill 5 or 6am. One night I dozed while she watched.I woke to find her crying. I said what’s wrong? She say”Claire Died”.Oh no, I said, something will happen and she’ll be back,you’ll see. Its kind of embarrasing, but I cried too, but just a little!
Good on you, Stephen, for dropping by and for admitting to a few tears. Excellent! 🙂 Good luck in the draw.
Thank you. this is wonderful! Posie is an amazing lady. She is truly talented and a lovely person. I loved Stevie from McLeod’s Daughters!
Thx Julie. I agree!!
Love this witty and insightful interview…thank you! I’m such a fan of Posie! Love all of her books…have read them all…twice! (And now I want to read all of YOUR books!) And I’m a big fan of McLeod’s Daughters! My granddaughter likes for me to play the dvd’s for her when she is here…she calls it “The Cowgirl Show!”…her favorite episodes are the weddings and her favorite character is Jodie. As for me, so hard to choose a favorite character, they are all wonderful, but I think in the long run she is Tess. Thanks and go well!
What a wonderful comment. Thank you, Gina. that is just lovely. Good luck in the draw.
Great Interview! My favorite McLeod’s character is Claire almost quit watching when I learned she died at the end of season three, but came to love Stevie as well. Next on my reading list is one of Posie’s mum’s books, but I think I am going to have to pick up your books as well Jenn.
Leann Carrick, Kansas USA
Leann, thank you for dropping by. Lovely to meet fellow Posie fans. What an inspiration. Sadly, my books are only avail Aust and New Zealand. 🙁
Lucky you getting to spend time with Posie at her place. So jealous! Have my own set of DVDs The MD girls are almost like family to me. Tess would be my fav but loved Claire, Stevie and Jodie too!
Yep! Loved them all too, Rebecca – but Nick, ah, Nick. Gotta love a man with a damaged man with a limp. 🙂
Love McLeod’s Daughters. It’s time I watched the dvds again I think. Stevie was my favourite. Loved her beautiful red hair. Thanks Posie for bringing such a great series to life. Your book sounds intriguing.
Thank you to everyone. The lucky winner is our lucky last comment! Patricia Franks. I will contact you. To everyone… thank you. There are lots of giveaways coming on my blog, so stay close.
I’d have to say my favorite mcleods daughters character was Claire I was very heart broken when she was killed off
Ditto, Austin. I love them all, but you can never better an original cast member. They have a special place in our hearts.