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Second Edition

Excerpt Part 2 of Queen of TV & Me

 

2014 - Celebrity Christmas Grinch

 

As my meeting with Screen Queensland approached, I had everything prepared when suddenly, I noticed that there was a lot of talk about the Logie awards coming up. When I hear about these awards it always triggers feelings of frustration and exasperation as I had a very unpleasant encounter with a Gold Logie award winner. I felt like I needed to write about this experience not only for cathartic reasons but also felt that the truth should be out there.

 

This unpleasantness happened Christmas Eve 2014 and left an indelible mark on me and a sour taste in my mouth. Every time I heard this person’s name mentioned or the Logies mentioned it made me feel angry. I suddenly thought “I’m going to get my story out there for people to read.”

 

I hadn’t written about this in the first edition of my book Queen of TV & Me, but I decided to bring out a second edition with a Part 2. It took me a week to write about this distasteful event and immediately after I had it down on paper, I started to feel better knowing that this may be of interest to the Australian media and the public at large. After all this person had been very successful over quite a long period of time on Australian TV and her name was instantly recognised. People should know who she really is!
 

Book Synopsis
Queen of TV and Me

I met Oprah Winfrey in December 2015 and was compelled to write my own story! I started immediately and was taken on a personal journey which covered all the quirky circumstances involved in my Oprah encounter. 

The book also encompasses 34 years of my life which took me by surprise as I was taken on an emotional roller coaster! There were tears, joy, laughter, anger, fear, love and passion at 40 and a realisation that my life was definitely unusual to say the least.  I owe this all to meeting Oprah.

Many people will relate to the issues and problems that I experienced such as divorce, dating after divorce, working and surviving after divorce, changing careers, coping with kids and step kids, being scammed for $50,000 which included being treated deplorably by the bank and many more issues.

I also found myself in unusual situations which involved being asked to go on Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous in Las Vegas and having a film crew film us renewing our vows in a hot air balloon. I also wrote a children’s musical play which was performed all over Adelaide in the 1980’s and was asked to perform in American elementary schools in the St. Clair region of Michigan in the 1990’s.

I think the message that can be taken from the book is to believe in yourself no matter what your age and don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do something. Also never give in and never give up whether it’s regarding dreams and aspirations or finding the love of your life at 40 or any age for that matter.

Have a look at the chapter names and pick anyone of them that looks the most interesting to you and have a read!

My husband also makes comments throughout my novel which gives a male’s perspective on a woman’s outlook on life. He does this in a delightful and humorous way.

About the Author
Queen of TV and me
Author – Anita Wdowiak

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Anita is South Australian who first wrote a children’s book in the 1980’s called ‘Katy the magic kangaroo’ which she developed into a musical play and toured kindergartens and schools. The play was also performed at the Royalty Theatre and John Edmund Theatre. She was invited to bring it to America and it was performed at elementary schools in the St Claire region of Michigan. She also co-owns a health company with her husband and has written a health and weight loss book called ‘Flush the Fat’.

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Formerly a teacher, Anita has had a wide and varied career path from teacher to playwright, author and entrepreneur. She was born in Lancashire, England in 1948 and migrated to South Australia at the age of four being the youngest of four children. Her latest book, ‘Queen of TV and me’ is an autobiography written like a novel, with Oprah Winfrey being the catalyst for her to write her story.

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