Star's Story
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Short story, 10 pages. Star, the young woman whom Charles Lawson (aka God) rescued from suicide in the story "Stella by Starlight" came to be in this position because of a series of poor choices. Her early family life was troubled. All the men she chose in the past have turned out to be violent. In choosing Wayne, she thinks she is making a break from her past, but it is clear that nothing has really changed at all. [3,000 words] ,
Danielle de Valera
Until now, Danielle de Valera's been best known for her short stories, which have appeared in such diverse magazines as Penthouse, Aurealis and the Australian Women’s Weekly.All in all, she's had a chequered career. She’s worked as a botanist, an editor, a cataloguer for the Queensland Department of Primary Industries Library and the John Oxley Library, and on the main floor of Arnott’s biscuit factory.The manuscript of her 1st ever novel (then titled Love the People!) was placed 2nd to published author Hugh Atkinson's in the Australia-wide Xavier Society Literary Award for an unpublished novel - in those days, there was no Vogel Award for Unpublished Writers under 35. After that, she abandoned writing for 25 years to raise her children, whom she raised alone.She resumed writing in 1990, somewhat behind the eight-ball. With Louise Forster she won the Australia-New Zealand-wide Emma Darcy Award for Romance Manuscript of the Year 2000 with Found: One Lover.That first novel, Love the People! was shortlisted for the Byron Bay Writers’ Festival Unpublished Manuscript Award in 2011, and for the UK’s Impress Prize in 2012, under the title A Few Brief Seasons. It's due out here in October 2021 under its final title Those Brisbane Romantics.A freelance manuscript assessor and fiction editor since 1992, she has won numerous awards for her gritty, streetwise short stories. MagnifiCat, a departure from this style, is her first published novel. It was followed in 2017 by Dropping Out: a tree-change novel in stories - to put it another way, a collection of linked short stories.For more information on this author, see Smashwords iInterview. There's lots there.About that NameDanielle de Valera’s father claimed he was related to the controversial Irish politician Eamon de Valera on his mother’s side. But he told some tall tales in his time, and this is sure to be one of them. Born Danielle Ellis, she found that this name was replicated many times on the web. In searching for another under which to write, she first tried her mother's maiden name, Doyle, but there were a number of those, too. What to do? Then she remembered her father’s story and chose it as her writing name. But she feels any real connection is unlikely.
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Star's Story - Danielle de Valera
Star’s Story
Danielle de Valera
Copyright Danielle de Valera 2015
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Star’s Story
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ISBN 978-0-9923311-5-3
Published in the United States by Old Tiger Books.
First published in Australia in the Cutwater Literary Anthology, July 2009.
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About the author
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Star’s Story
STAR DIDN’T LOOK in the mirror as her hair fell around her, the hair her father had loved so much. She had gone into the salon on a whim; the place was empty. Perhaps the impulse to buzz-cut her hair was brought on by the anaesthetic.
"Have you got