This week, I’m over at the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild blog talking about the wrong paths writers can sometimes take in life… Picture this: I was twenty-four, it was my first day working for a top London law firm, and I already knew I’d made the biggest mistake of my…
Last week, I asked how far you usually go to solve unpleasant experiences in your life. At what point do you let things go? Well, after I wrote that post, I wondered how other authors handle unpleasant online experiences and what, if any, advice they had for other writers. The…
Okay, so let’s get one thing straight – I don’t consider myself famous! My kids sometimes think I am because I’ve been in the newspaper and on the radio a bit over the last few years, trying to make myself difficult for publishers to ignore (come on, publishers – I’m…
For anyone who doesn’t know, the Ditmar Awards celebrate achievements by Australians in speculative fiction writing. Nominations for the awards are currently open and can be made by anyone who has been to a recent speculative fiction convention / event OR is otherwise active in the speculative fiction world as…
I’m over at Jenn J McLeod’s place this afternoon, talking about chickens, staplers and how penguins drink their whisky. Please join us at the bar for a munch and a chat! Q. Come on in. Grab a pew. What can I get you to go with your beer nuts? (Shandy?…
The writing process is how a writer (consciously or subconsciously) sets about writing what they do. Every writer has their own process, and I’ve talked before about the similarities and differences between writing as a pantser or as a planner (see here). Still, while I was teaching one of my…
Yay – I’ve been selected as one of the 2014 contributors for Writing Novels in Australia!! It’s a coveted role and I’m honoured to be included among the established novelists, early-career novelists and emerging novelists who write monthly articles for this treasured resource for writers. Thank you, Steve Rossiter of the…
