Love notes from Vinegar House
May 6, 2012
Well, poor blog, what with working full time and writing and studying part time, something had to give and I guess it was you. (more…)
Titanic – without that sinking feeling
March 28, 2012
I am going to confess right up front that Sue Lawson is a friend of mine. Let’s get that clear. But what you also need to know – in case you haven’t found out already – is that Sue Lawson is a great YA author and she has done it again. (more…)
leave a commentSalem’s Lot – the beginning of the beginning
January 16, 2012
My next YA book is due for release in May and contains a suggestion of ghostly elements. There was a trace of ghostliness in my last book Six and I’ve been wondering how this element has snuck into my writing. (more…)
2 CommentsAnd so that was Christmas
December 27, 2011
I hope you had fun. Days leading up to my Christmas were filled with catching up with friends, deadlines at work but mainly working hard on getting my next book to line edit. (more…)
3 CommentsPan’s Whisper by Sue Lawson…
December 7, 2011
has its official launch on Friday 9th December. Hmmm, think I may have mentioned November in an earlier post. Sorry about that!
Pan’s Whisper is a story about accepting the past and moving on, when what you want is to wake up and find it was all a bad dream. Honest. Gripping. Inspiring. (more…)
leave a commentSix goes to school
November 28, 2011
I was excited to hear that Six will be hanging out with the Year 9 students at Emmaus College next year. Six is currently being reprinted for anyone unable to find a copy in store. It is published by black dog books, an imprint of Walker. Six good reasons for Emmaus Students to read Six. (more…)
leave a commentAfter Six
November 20, 2011
It’s always sad to leave characters behind and move onto new ones, and with six main protagonists in Six it was even harder than usual. Love Notes from Vinegar House is the working title of my next book and when people ask me what it’s like I say it’s more Chasing Boys than Six or Hostage, if that’s any help. (more…)
1 CommentBan the Blog
November 1, 2011
Just a note to my loyal blog readers — I have a self-imposed ban on blogging at the moment as I race to the finishing line of my next book… (more…)
3 CommentsHappy Aussie Halloween
October 30, 2011
To those of you who took part in the zombie parade yesterday.
To those of you who will be trick or treating tonight…
When blogging gets in the way
October 17, 2011
After months of starting and restarting and editing and restarting yet again my latest book which shall not be named (here) I have noticed something quite curious. Each night I come to my blog page and I have nothing to say…
I have some great ideas during the day. Well, when I say great, I mean not bad. But when I finally get the Dashboard in front of me, fingers twitching, there’s nothing there. Nada. Zippo. It’s like once my brain has had its serve of creative writing for the day it switches onto sleep mode until the next day.
Please tell me I’m not the only one…