Okay, so for those who don’t know me, I’m not the fainting type. I have a sturdy constitution, I never throw up. I’m rarely sick. I have a high pain threshold too – I break bones and don’t know it; I needed no drugs to give birth to either of…
Winds of Change is an anthology of short stories published by the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild and it’s awesome – and not just because it’s got one of my sci-fi stories in it!! For the first time since its publication in 2011, it’s now available online (in most formats from…
Okay, so I wasn’t expecting that result! This January, I asked a bunch of writers what their writing goals were for 2013. Was their focus going to be novels, short stories, non-fiction… what? I was interested to see what everyone was planning to achieve, so conducted a poll on my…
So, I suppose some of you are wondering why I’ve been asking writers this week: in how many fiction categories do you write? Well, I had a theory I wanted to explore… about genre. Now, don’t roll your eyes. Yes, ‘genre’ is a topic that’s so often debated these days…
I gotta feeling… that tomorrow night’s gonna be a good night – a good, good night: #AurealisAwards Such was my tweet on Friday – and my prediction was spot on. Saturday night at the 17th Annual Aurealis Awards was a good night – a good, good night! Kicking off with…
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…
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…
