Claudia Collins
Claudia Collins is a 6th generation Australian, born in Geelong. She always wanted to be an actress or a writer and combined the two to become a singer/songwriter. She joined Belmont Page Creative Writing Group to combat writer's block after writing over 90 songs and producing 2 CDs of her original songs. Belmont Page provides 'Thought Prompter' sentences to stimulate the creative juices and these inspired her to write short stories and memoir pieces. After a while the Thought Prompters led her to write a collection of short stories with characters in common which grew into a novel and then later a trilogy. Woven Web is book 1 in the Woven Web Trilogy.
Historical fiction/ fantasy
Woven Web
Most books have a main character, their love interest, a villain, and several support characters, but not this one! In Woven Web each person has their own story to tell, their own 'thread'. Woven Web picks up the individual threads from several families and weaves them through time and a backdrop of Australian historical fiction with splashes of fantasy. Elspeth's relief turned to heartbreak when she read that, 'While I hope I will always remain in your affections, I wish to be released from our engagement in order that I may marry Miss Cecelia Nelson, the daughter of Squatter Nelson who owns Barrabak. Now that my brother has returned from Van Dieman's Land, we will be leaving the colonies soon and I intend bringing my bride home to England.' In the painting above her the skies had darkened. She heard the wind cracked and the jarred groan of the ship. She rose and stood before the painting, watching as the waves grew higher. Small figures including William scurried about trying to lower the sails. A huge wave heaved the Carolina over on its side. Elspeth watched in silence as the ship sank. All hands were lost ...
