Happy 2014, everyone! I hope this year treats you well 🙂 The last six months or so have gone by in a bit of a fast-paced blur. I quit my job as a technical writer in Canada in September and moved back home to Australia in October via a nice little holiday in Hawaii (what?… Continue reading Happy New Year!

Writing about events that really happened in your life is a lot harder than I imagined. Wait, no, writing about them is easy. Writing something interesting about them is hard. For quite a while, I’ve wanted to write a book about my family’s experiences in Kiribati. Back in 1996, my parents packed up the family… Continue reading Memoirs are easy. Good memoirs are hard.

Welcome to the blog of R.M. Allinson, a.k.a Bec. Life plods along. My mind whirls. Stories churn around my mind and I change my mind on which one to concentrate on from day to day. Today it is The Many Facets of Amelia Roe. This one has been living in my head for about 6… Continue reading First Post