Natasja Rose

Joined August 2020

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I've been writing since I learned how, but those have been lost and will never see daylight (I hope).

I'm an Indie Author, with 30+ books published.

I live in Sydney, Australia

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Before we start, I should acknowledge that I am writing this article as a white, cisgendered person with parents who are comfortably well-off and able to support me if I need it.
By Natasja Rose4 years ago in Longevity
The Doomsday Diary - Part 2
Read Part One here Day 1 of The Re-emergence, Late December 2053 or Early January 2054, who the heck knows... All right, so I might have been a bit hasty in declaring my Doomsday Diary over and done.
By Natasja Rose4 years ago in Fiction
Charlotte's Choice
Charlotte had been seventeen, a mere shopkeeper’s daughter, when she received - and rejected - her first proposal. There had been nothing wrong with the man, some eight years her senior and newly established in his trade. But her parents had eyes above their station even then, and believed that she would be able to do better. They had advised patience and warned of the trouble that came with wedding in haste, and Charlotte had still been young enough to believe in fantasies of passionate romance and a handsome, wealthy suitor coming to sweep her off her feet.
By Natasja Rose4 years ago in Fiction
When Your Government Is The Problem
*Note for Foreigners: Despite the name, the Liberal-National Party, currently in power and theoretically in charge of Australian Politics, is our Right-Wing. The Trump-Supporting Lunatics equivilent is split between Clive Palmer's United Australia Party, and Pauline Hanson's One Nation.
By Natasja Rose4 years ago in The Swamp
The Truth, The Whole Truth?
At first, I wasn't planning to enter this challenge. I didn't have any real mentors growing up, and the people I look to now for guidence and support are more a relationship of friends and equals. Most of the people I can honestly say I "drew inspiration" from were more in the sense of "right, I'm never being like that jerk!" than an example to follow.
By Natasja Rose4 years ago in Confessions
I Can't
Today, I made a very hard decision: I'm leaving the HealthCare industry. It's not that I fell out of love with the work that's driven me for more than half my life. I do. I probably always will, and I hope there is some way for me to keep doing it.
By Natasja Rose4 years ago in Journal
Self-Publishing on KDP
I've seen a lot of questions about self-publishing our stories floating around on assorted Vocal Facebook groups, so I figured it was time to put my experience to good use.
By Natasja Rose4 years ago in Writers
Heightened Stakes
It is a well-known truth that the biggest gambles reap the highest rewards. Less well-accepted is that they also risk the worst failures, and it is the whim of the Fates that will determine which comes to pass.
By Natasja Rose4 years ago in Criminal
The Specialtea Shop
Every night at midnight, the purple clouds came out to dance with the blushing sky. At the same time, deliveries were made to a small corner cafe that always seemed bigger on the inside, and perhaps that was where some of the magic came from.
By Natasja Rose4 years ago in Fiction
A Resolution of Rest
Every year, I utterly fail to keep my New Year's Resolution for more than a few months, despite the best of intentions and efforts.
By Natasja Rose4 years ago in Longevity
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Released in 1992, The Muppet Christmas Carol had a lot going against it. It was up against 'Home Alone 2' as the holiday movie to see in theatres, and was the first production after Jim Henson's death, directed by his son, Brian Henson. The Muppet Chistmas Carol was also the studio's first attempt at adapting a classic rather than telling an original story, and was significantly darker in tone than previous movies, though the characteristic humour still shone through.
By Natasja Rose4 years ago in Geeks
The Queen of the World - Prologue
There weren't always dragons in the valley... None at all, in fact, unless you counted the ones in the stories Aleksandros of Dorion told his elder daughter would eat her if she didn't go to sleep at night. When that tactic failed in the wake of her childish giggles, the warrior-king resorted to a more practical maxim, suggesting that she at least pretend to be asleep so the rest of their small family was not kept awake.
By Natasja Rose4 years ago in Chapters