Now that the new year is shaping up, it’s time to set some goals for the year… What do you want to achieve before 2016? What are your priorities? For me, I’ve been planning a new novel – a fantasy this time – which I’d love to finish before 2016.…
Wow – did you enjoy that blog series, or what??! I love peeking over other writers’ shoulders and seeing where they create. Judging from all your comments on Twitter and Facebook, it seems you enjoyed the series too. Thank you for all your discussion and involvement. Some of you shared…
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…
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…
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…
