{"id":12975,"date":"2018-12-27T08:45:27","date_gmt":"2018-12-26T21:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/?p=12975"},"modified":"2018-12-22T15:20:51","modified_gmt":"2018-12-22T04:20:51","slug":"a-year-in-the-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/a-year-in-the-life\/","title":{"rendered":"A Year in the Life…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Every year I work at building my career as a writer. There\u2019s no grand plan, just a desire to reach out to readers where possible, share my experiences and gain new ones. My main method is to \u2018say yes to everything\u2019 and see how it goes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which is why 2018 started with an author talk at the Booklovers Club and ended with one too! Back in January I was busy promoting my novel Towards White<\/a><\/em> and got to talk about it to this bunch of lovely people:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So many readers have bought Towards White<\/a><\/em> with the proviso \u2018I don\u2019t usually read sci fi, but it’s so interesting I\u2019ll give it a go\u2019, and then they\u2019ve been amazed by how much they enjoyed it, which of course makes my heart sing because it is a cross-genre book designed to appeal to a variety of readers, particularly fans of thrillers, mysteries or<\/em> sci fi. I\u2019ve had readers message me throughout 2018 saying they cried at the end, that they couldn\u2019t put it down, or that it made them miss their bus stop \/ stay up too late \/ get behind on their work. They\u2019ve sent me pics of the book in their gardens, bedrooms \u2013 even while camping!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sydney<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I did a lot of interviews when the book first came out last October, but the fun continued this year too. I talked about it to listeners of The Book Podcast<\/a>, when I was interviewed in January\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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…to listeners of Radio Northern Beaches when I was interviewed in February\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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…and to the Sydney Mechanics School of Arts through this YouTube clip<\/a> in March:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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