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Although I was born and bred in Austria, I too call Australia "home". My
love for both countries causes at times much suffering.
One morning in January 2005 on
awakening, I found I had hit rock-bottom. Immediately my thoughts drifted to
my friends in Melbourne. Melbourne?? Had I really lived there??
The fact, that my years in
Australia seemed so unreal and so far away, frightened me terribly - I knew
I had to somehow recapture my time there in order to keep it alive.
My first thought was to board a
plane and fly there straight away, but my realistic side whispered: "get
going and start writing that book!" Of course I knew for a long time, that
one day I will write a book and had already spent many hours, lying awake at
night because I didn´t know where or how to start.
On this rock-bottom morning,
tears running down my face, I started writing. After the first few
pages I felt euphoric! I thought of writing a certain amount of pages
everyday and soon I will be able to hold my book in my hands. This sort of
thinking only showed my ignorance of what it takes to publish a book.
Now however, the time has
arrived and I proudly present my book to you. Unfortunately, so far it is
only published in German. |