Yay! I just won the Port Writers’ Open Writing Competition, with my short story ‘About Time‘. Oh my gosh, I’m absolutely thrilled! And what lovely comments from the judge too, who said my story: ‘Has a strong narrative voice’ ‘Never flags in its pace’ ‘Allows a clever revealing of the…
Waking up to praise… Who doesn’t like hearing good things about their work, especially first thing in the morning. Yesterday, I woke up to find a wonderful testimonial in my Inbox, from a client whose novel I recently edited. Big smiles all day! I love editing manuscripts – helping other…
I recently had food poisoning for six days, and it taught me a thing or two about life. For the first couple of days, I tried not eating much and sticking to plain foods, but my symptoms got worse. I had tests. The doctor advised me not to eat at…
Last week, I gave a talk at the 2023 Mosman Youth Awards in Literature about the value of the teenage mind. Thank you Mosman Library and Mosman Council for organising the awards night! As judge of the Senior Prose section, I wanted young writers to realise that their ideas, thoughts…
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No matter how many monstrous creatures, villains or plagues we create in our imaginations, they are first and foremost reflections of what we most fear about society. Our evolving world might influence their shape and form over time, but they are still metaphors for our collective fears. Thus the 1830s…
What do the following books have in common? The answer is: they’re the best ‘It’ll be better when I get there’ SFF YA Books! Shepherd is a book discovery platform for readers and authors, designed to make discovering a new book a magical experience where the search is part of…
