Who writes here? Richard Harland Who’s that? Richard Harland is the author of the internationally bestselling YA steampunk/Victoriana fantasy novels Worldshaker, Liberator and Song of the Slums, as well as four Wolf Kingdom novels and such cult classics as The Black Crusade and The Vicar of Morbing Vyle. He has…
Who writes here? Ian Irvine Who’s that? Ian Irvine is a marine scientist who has developed some of Australia’s national guidelines for the protection of the oceanic environment, and still works in this field. He has written 29 novels, including the internationally bestselling 11-book fantasy sequence The Three Worlds, an…
We all have our favourite places to write. Some of us like comfy couchs and warm fires, others like the local café or park. Most of us also have a desk somewhere, either buried under piles of something or organized and clean. Me? I have a desk… but I don’t…
A writer-friend asked me the other day how I handle rejection. What a great topic for a blog, I thought! Over the years, I’ve developed a fantastic set of tactics to handle rejection, so I thought I’d share them with you… PLEASE NOTE: these tactics don’t always work, but they…
Last Saturday, at 6.30am, the sky looked like this: How do I know? Because I was getting ready to head into Manly for the KSP Write-a-Book-in-a-Day challenge – all to raise money for charity! Our team, made up of ten Northern Beaches Writers’ Group members – Leah Boonthanom, Fiona Howland-Rose,…
Yay! I won! A few weeks ago, I found out that I’d won the 2013 Australian Horror Writers’ Association short fiction competition with my short story “Darker”. Today… I received the trophy. I thought you might like to see it, so here it is! The judges couldn’t decide between my…
Nothing much happening this end at the moment. At the same time, a writers’ life can be very interesting – so here’s what I’ve been up to this week. TEACHING Last Friday, I taught my Problems in Wonderland: Stories That Matter workshop at Manly Vale Public School. As always, I…
