Sandy (Wiz) Paull Email and Phone Number

I was born in Mackay on the central Queensland coast. Giving up work to follow my future husband west to the mining communities of central Queensland, I subsequently became a full-time mother to our three children (now all adults), returning to the workforce in my mid-40s to help realise our dream of overseas travel (UK, western Europe, Greece).As a junior I avidly enjoyed gymnastics and playing basketball, eventually coaching my then-teenage daughter's schoolgirl basketball team. I have had a long association with Kyokushin Karate, achieving the status of Qld Women’s Senior Kata Champion at age 39.Creativity and persistence are two key drivers in my life. Sketching, macramé, sewing dance school costumes, designing and carrying out my own home landscaping, learning keyboard & guitar, and fiction writing are examples of my imagination and determination to master new skills.I started writing 20 years ago, initially for my own enjoyment and these days to challenge myself to impress my peers sufficiently to achieve publication. I have been a member of the Mackay Writers group as well as the U3A (University of the Third Age) Writers Group. Recognition as the farthest solo traveller to attend an annual writers’ conference in Melbourne in 2002 was a pleasant surprise. Apart from my 7 x published novels thus far since 2014, including the sequel to debut 'Clouds of Grey' which launched November 2017, I have written several other first draft manuscripts, which now await editing and proofing.During 2017 I published my very first short story (15min read) 'The Storyteller' on Kindle only, and launched my 12000-word short story 'HAWK - Laying Low' on Kindle, which is book 1 of the new 'Underground' series. Book #6 'Survive or Die' launched pre-Christmas 2018, 7th novel 'Twice Dead' (sequel to 'In the Dead of Night' from 2015) was released April 2020, and third-in-a-series book 8 featuring character Cassie Hart is over 100,000-words and I am flitting between Nanna duties & writing during 2020-21-22 Covid times...more 'Underground' short stories to come!