Last week I was asked by a publishing company to answer some questions for an author profile page. One of the questions was: what is speculative fiction? Easy to answer, right? Well, I’ve read other people’s explanations of what comprises speculative fiction, and when friends ask me I usually name…
I don’t often blog about the parts of my day I spend being a mum (wait, don’t leave! This isn’t a blog about motherhood!)… but today I’m going to share this much with you – it’s a bit of an invisible job. The meals I cook are eaten, the clothes…
Three personal updates Update 1: My writing is being studied at university! It’s quite an honour to have my writing studied at university. In fact, wow! Okay, so that statement probably makes it sound more than what it is. But my writing really has just been studied, analysed and dissected…
Given the distant realms to which our imaginations journey on screen and in books, is ‘far-fetched’ now a redundant phrase? Someone said to me recently that, for them, the movie Wild Wild West was too far-fetched because of the advanced inventions it featured. For those who don’t recall, Wild Wild…
What does it mean to be a writer living in Australia? It’s Australia Day today! A day when we celebrate everything great about Australia. As a writer, I love living in Australia. So do most Aussie authors. Or do they…? Last year, I asked some acclaimed Aussie authors about their…
I’ve been listening to Adele a lot recently (getting into character for a writing project), and her lyrical songwriting reminded me of school – but not because of any teenage heartbreak. I was sweet sixteen – into poetry, candles and boys – and my school had no writing club (shock,…
With the festive season only days away, I just wanted to remind writers, editors and their colleagues in the publishing industry, to look out for each other this year. We’re a sensitive bunch, we wouldn’t be able to write and edit and rewrite as well as we do without that…
