W.J. Gunning
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W.J. Gunning

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Fiction, Contemporary, Romance

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W J Gunning lives on Australia's Gold Coast where as an artist and survivor of three separate breast cancers she aspires to live sustainably.

Redemption Towers her second published novel was written on the Gold Coast in the nineties as W J recovered from breast cancer.

The lust for life in the naughty, colorful and flawed characters of Redemption Towers empowered the author as she regained her own health.

At this time WJ was a young school teacher recovering from breast cancer treatment and wondering if she would be given back her teaching position.

She found her characters zest for life and ability to adjust to the knocks life dealt them rejuvenating. With her own health and economic future uncertain her tough, resilient characters redemption ...more

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Earth Postive and Its Importance [or how I discovered I like dirt under my nails}

Being Earth Positive is so good. I have always loved being in my garden but never understood why I craved this connection with the earth.

It is easy to understand the joy of a  new flower or the pleasure of  finding tomatoes that have sprouted from the compost scraps I dig into the earth.

But why can my mood be so low and then so exhilarated after an hour or more being at one with my soil.

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Writers fish for the right words like fishermen fish for, um, whatever those aquatic creatures
“Writers fish for the right words like fishermen fish for, um, whatever those aquatic creatures with fins and gills are called. 
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