Progress Report: July 2015

Half way through the year already - where has the time gone? Blackthorn & Grim book 3 is due in at the end of 2015 and I still have quite a bit of it to write. It's relatively rare for a novelist to make a living at it. Most of us have day jobs and/or a partner contributing to the family finances. Many professional writers have children to look after, and although we [...]

2020-02-09T06:34:16+11:00July 20th, 2015|

Novel Writing Master Classes in 2015

Perth readers, I'll be presenting a Novel Writing Master Class on Saturday August 15, at the Rockingham Arts Centre, 11 Kent St, Rockingham, from 11am to 2pm. I'd planned to promote it here, but all the places filled up within 15 minutes of the word going out from the organisers. The good news is that I will be running the master class again on December 12, same time, same place. [...]

2020-02-09T06:34:16+11:00July 15th, 2015|

Meet the Pack: Part 1

Readers may already know that as well as being a full time writer, I’m a foster carer for an animal rescue group. I specialise in dogs that are elderly and/or have health challenges, so quite often my foster animals end up staying permanently. Some are ‘foster fails’ – dogs the foster carer falls in love with and can’t bear to let go. Others might be called ‘forever fosters’ – dogs [...]

2020-02-09T06:34:16+11:00July 11th, 2015|

Book(s) of the Month: July 2015

This must be forest month – as well as getting on with writing my own book, which has a tree-loving protagonist, I’ve read two wonderful novels in which forest is not only a vital part of the setting, but an integral part of the story. Both the authors understand the power of folklore and the blurred margins between mythology and history. I’ll start with Uprooted by Naomi Novik, author of [...]

2020-02-09T06:34:16+11:00July 11th, 2015|

Welcome to the New Website

Thanks to a fantastic effort by my webmistress, Ariel, and a lot of rewriting and rethinking by me, the new website is now live - welcome, readers! I hope you'll find the new site easier to navigate and to read than the old version. Some features you'll enjoy are the carousel of readers' art work on the Contact page, the audiobook samples attached to the individual book pages, and an overall design [...]

2020-02-09T06:34:16+11:00July 11th, 2015|

Portraits of Sevenwaters Video

A slideshow of illustrations inspired by the Sevenwaters book series. Art by Krystal Camprubi (www.krystal-camprubi.com) and Karen Crespo. Music by Howard Baer ("Highland Dance").

2020-02-09T06:34:16+11:00July 2nd, 2015|
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