Annie juggles motherhood and sharing her message through writing projects, line drawings and community workshops with passion. A weekly columnist for a parenting site and a writers hub; she also is a monthly contributor as feature writer for a motivational site and a birthing advocacy site.

Annie was thrilled to have been asked to work on the Chinese Whisperings project as she has enjoyed the experiences of the ongoing commitment of collaborative writing in other genres with both Jodi and Paul.

She explores themes in humanity, feminism, spirituality and sharing her journey as a woman and mother in all her outlets of creativity. As yet she has not committed to a particular or favoured genre; instead preferring to be character led.

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Kraepelin’s Child – The Red Book, 2010

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On Chinese Whisperings…

No stranger to collaborative writing and project work, I feel comfortable with the premise and direction my story has taken. It’s easy to become precious with characters you have birthed. I’m always interested how others perceive the motivation of your characters, or the directions they take once you have freed them on the page.

I relate intensely with my characters as I discover their world and look through their eyes at the events which unfold about them. However, once they have leave my custondianship and enter into anothers, I detach any emotional judgment and begin looking at the whole picture; rather than become caught up with semantics or details in order to work with what is best for the project and story.

On Krappelin’s Child…

I am driven to uncover and understand the humanity and hope in every situation. Characters tend to demand their presence on my page, rather than be invited or created and it was no different when I read through Something Mean in the Dream Scene, searching for the character who would become the main focus for my story. I harbour hope that I will be gifted a gentle, loving non violent character; but until then, the bloodthirsty, demented and misunderstood artists of the curtained world visit my green room and it is my duty to find the threads of humanity within their psyche and utilise their message as a reflection of societies demise.

Initially I resisted becoming involved with Clint as a character as I had wanted to write another’s story. However, someone as driven to a purpose as Clint is, deserves to be heard.

Our society outwardly expects us to be individuals and from an early age instigates the belief that everyone has a special talent or gift; yet almost immediately punishes any who attempt to measure up to these standards.

Good looking, intelligent but devoid of challenge or life purpose, Clint veers down the path of an eternal student, until he stumbles on an easy way to gain the respect or status he desires. Although not in the intellectual or social league Clint is, Brandon provides the ego boost he constantly requires. Clint’s obsession of  modeling behaviours he deems appropriate of bringing him the infamy he craves, ultimately leads him to a darker path than he initially projects.

Clint is a monster created by ill adjusted detached parents, disinterested educators, the lack of understanding of intimacy in any relationship, an inability to take responsibility for his actions or the ramifications of his decisions; backed up through the soft legal system, coupled with the pain built up through teenage sexual rejection which culminates in him seeking solace and control through drugs and violence.

Kraepelin formalised (or is said to be the ‘father’) of phobias and paranoiac states. My story begs the question – who are you birthing or creating right now?