Dieter Luske - Writer - Author
Author of Speculative Fiction - Crime - Suspense & Non Fiction
Canungra - Gold Coast Hinterland - Queensland - Australia
By attempting the impossible - one is meaningfully occupied (D.L.)
About ... Dieter Luske - Canungra Writer - Scenic Rim
Dieter, writer & author, is one half of the art-inspired husband-and-wife team, Giselle & Dieter Luske.
Dieter loves creating with Giselle, his artist wife, in their Art Studio and their enchanted organic garden. He dabbles in painting, sculpting and music, and writes whenever the creative juices are flowing.
He is the author of 7 books, has published hundreds of lifestyle and philosophy articles, and lives by his motto:
"By attempting the impossible - one is meaningfully occupied (D.L.)."
Dieter's first published book (1993) is "Do You Believe in You?" a self-help book that resulted from 11 years of consulting and facilitating mind-management seminars.
Dieter graduated in 1981 in Medical Hypnosis, Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), Counselling, Naturopathy, Homeopathy, Medical Herbalism, and Clinical Nutrition.
In 1999, Dieter founded useNature.com, an online Holistic Natural Health and Lifestyle Directory, which has been the primary Natural Health Directory in Australia and remains a significant go-to website for articles, books, art and lifestyle news.
Born and educated in Germany, Dieter studied Electrotechnics and Electronics, graduated as the youngest ever with a Master’s degree, and started his first business at age 21. A few years later, he realised "there is more to life than earning a living.”
In 1974, Dieter and Giselle left Germany for a two-and-a-half-year discovery tour of Australia. They lived and travelled in a panel van, took a few thousand slides, and wrote stories about their travels for German magazines.
Dieter’s book, "It Happened in the Seventies", a Sea Change Story, revisits that exciting time and focuses on those life-changing events and on how Giselle and Dieter created their lifestyle based on art and creativity. - View the photos.
Book snippets from: It Happened in the Seventies - Arriving in Sydney
Dieter and Giselle have collaborated on various book projects, including Blended For Itensive Flavour and The Bearborn Dynasty. Giselle designs Dieter's book covers.
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A writer's working space:It’s called a working space, but it never feels like work. I enjoy writing, and luckily, it comes easily to me.I write in a style called “Pantser,” meaning to “fly by the seat of my pants.” I write without a detailed outline or plan. I let intuition guide me, and I don’t know exactly how the story will unfold. To make that work, without being blocked by doubt, one has to have the ability to trust one’s intuition. The opposite of a pantser is a “plotter,” who utilises outlines or detailed plans to structure their novel. - I tried that once, but felt it stifled my creativity. I write most days but don’t have a precise writing schedule. I don’t need to get into the mood; I can sit down anytime and start writing. I use two computers, a newer one for writing, designing, book formatting and marketing. The other one is mainly for web design work. I don’t have to set the stage for writing; I don’t need much: a comfortable chair, coffee, music in the background, and a good view out of my window to encourage dreaming. That’s it, my creative working space. My writing space:
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Giselle, artist, and Dieter live and work on their Gold Coast Hinterland 5 Acre beautiful property, surrounded by organic gardens, an art studio, love and harmony.
Giselle is facilitating Art Classes at her Canungra Art Studio
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The Hamburg Years
That book has been published away from prying eyes.
That little guy is Dieter, age 5. He walks by himself to a playground, which is three blocks away. You could do that in the fifties in Hamburg. We (kids) knew we were not allowed to talk to strangers. - But I did, didn't I? The guy had a camera and wanted to take a picture of me - what an honour. Surely, he couldn't be considered a stranger.
I gave him my name and address. He needed it to contact my parents to buy the picture :-)
Wow, I knew my address at the age of five—credits to me. I grew up a latchkey kid, self-dependent, and looking out for myself.
That sounds interesting. Should I make it into a book for the public to see?
Artist Husband & Wife Team
Giselle & Dieter Luske
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Blended For Intensive Flavour
A Giselle and Dieter team project:
A collection of curiously artful paintings, intermixed with smithereens of subterranean poetry, bordering on the incredible, enhanced with quirkiness.
The Bearborn Dynasty Story
A Giselle and Dieter team project:
Biographical-based parody fiction. - Picture book for grown-ups containing over 60 hand-drawn illustrations. Any similarities between Bearborns and human beings are coincidental, unavoidable and inconsequential.
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