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Lorraine Cobcroft

Goodreads Author

Born

in Armidale NSW, Australia

March 04

Website

https://lorrainecobcroftauthor.au

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LCobcroft

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Biography, Historical Fiction, Crime

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Jodi Piccoult

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March 2013

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Lorraine now lives on small acreage on the Caboolture/Elimbah border, Qld. After spending much of her working life as a technical, business and instructional writer, she is now happily semi-retired and loves to write short stories, dabbles in poetry-writing, and has written children's book, Melanie's Easter Gift (http://www.melanieseastergift.com) which was published in 2009.

Lorraine wrote The Pencil Case, the confronting story of her husband's life as a stolen Australian. The Pencil Case is available on Smashwords and Amazon Kindle, and in paperback.

She released Mortgaged Goods in 2015, a work of Women's Fiction that also crosses genres of Legal Drama, Romance and Family Saga. A heartwarming story of devotion, sacrifice and courage, ''Mort ...more

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Average rating: 4.46 · 26 ratings · 19 reviews · 9 distinct works

	The Pencil Case 4.33 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mortgaged Goods 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Will of Deceit: Will disputes are games of lies, but the dead sometimes tell tales. by Lorraine Cobcroft (Goodreads Author), Tina Woehrle (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Christmas Stories: A Collection for Adults by Lorraine Cobcroft (Goodreads Author), Helga Parl (Cover), Lorraine Cobcroft (Goodreads Author) (Preparation) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Melanie's Easter Gift by Lorraine Cobcroft (Goodreads Author), Jasmine Hambling (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Will of Deceit: Will disputes are games of lies, but the dead sometimes tell tales. by Lorraine Cobcroft (Goodreads Author), Tina Woehrle (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eve & Adam: Maxi, Midi & Mini Stories by Helga Parl, Lorraine Cobcroft (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love, eventually: 25 Stories about Love and Relationships by Fairfield Writers (Compilation), Lorraine Cobcroft (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Louise Shellshear (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Iron Rice Bowl: A Memoir by Tom Kwok by Tom Kwok, Peter Cobcroft (Illustrator), Lorraine Cobcroft (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Why do we read?

Today, I noticed a review on Amazon of a book I wrote. It raised a question for me.

Why do we read? What is the purpose of stories?

I guess all authors harbor self-doubt, but I've made an art form of doubting myself! This review gave me a very special and unique kind of reassurance. The review suggests that maybe my ideals and philosophies are worth sharing, and my writing has much more than just en Read more of this blog post »

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“Life isn't about having. Life is about loving... loving people; loving life.”
― Lorraine Cobcroft

tags: having, life, love

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Lorraine’s Quotes

“When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.”
― John Ruskin

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“Words... They're innocent, neutral, precise, standing for this, describing that, meaning the other, so if you look after them you can build bridges across incomprehension and chaos. But when they get their corners knocked off, they're no good any more... I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little or make a poem which children will speak for you when you're dead.”
― Tom Stoppard, The Real Thing

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“To be nobody but
yourself in a world
which is doing its best day and night to make you like
everybody else means to fight the hardest battle
which any human being can fight and never stop fighting.”
― E.E. Cummings

tags: poetry

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“The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.”
― Nicolas Chamfort

tags: god, joy, life, spirituality

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“Life isn't about having. Life is about loving... loving people; loving life.”
― Lorraine Cobcroft