Personal writing achievements and news for happy sharing.
What if you could go back in time and tell the younger-you to be more confident about the paths you were or weren’t choosing in life? The circumstances into which we’re born, and the choices we make to expand or escape those circumstances, inevitably lead us to who we are…
Wow, thank you to The Tawny Frogmouth magazine for such a breathtaking interview in this month’s issue, ‘Local writing hero is an inspiration for living a better life’. I feel seen! I have always felt great empathy for those around me, whether it’s my community, writing tribe, friends or family.…
What better way to start the year than with a fabulous author interview! The Hybrid Author podcast interviews industry professionals on all aspects of forging a career as a hybrid author: writing across genres, mixing writing styles, publishing all ways and getting comfortable marketing your books. This week saw the release…
Every year has its ups and downs. Every turn of the globe gives us celebrations to enjoy and commiserations to endure. It’s the same for us all. In the interests of inspiring others with positivity, however, I tend to share more of my celebrations than commiserations, and this year I…
Congratulations to the 13 amazing writers published in this imaginative new anthology – Villain or Hero?, edited by me! The idea for this anthology started at last year’s NBWG writers’ retreat, where a group of us were discussing how unfairly some characters had been represented and judged over time. The…
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…
