AMA (Ask Me Anything) on reddit/fantasy: for the Pixel Project

Hi all! My AMA (Ask Me Anything) session on r/fantasy is coming up this week. This round of AMAs and other events marks the 10th anniversary of The Pixel Project, a major fundrasing initiative with the aim of reducing violence against women and children. The link provided gives you the dates and times for science fiction and fantasy authors' AMA sessions. The times given are in US Eastern time, so [...]

2023-09-25T21:58:27+10:00September 25th, 2023|

Seasonal Update: August 2023

  I've been neglecting this blog for some time - there's a good reason for that. Readers who follow my Facebook author page will already know that I'm working on a new novel, the first book in an adult fantasy duology, to be published in early 2025 by New Dawn Publishing. New Dawn is a recently established publisher specialising in speculative fiction. They're located in Perth, Western Australia, and as [...]

2023-08-16T23:16:21+10:00August 16th, 2023|

Daughter of the Forest: Special Ebook Deal for August only

Readers, Tor Books have a special deal on ebook editions of Daughter of the Forest. For the month of August you can purchase these for $3.99 only. That's a lot of words for your dollar, folks! There's more information at the link below, plus some other great special deals: https://www.torforgeblog.com/2023/08/01/august-ebooks/  

2023-08-05T14:14:13+10:00August 5th, 2023|

Seasonal Update – December 2022

  Time for a long-overdue update. Firstly, all my best to you for the festive season. Here in Australia we are heading into the hottest period of summer, with bush fires already causing destruction. The southeast of the country has been experiencing extreme flooding.  Climate change is making its mark here in a big way and we can only hope those in positions of power are brave enough (and principled [...]

2022-12-28T00:14:32+11:00December 28th, 2022|

Perth Workshop for YA Writers Sept 29

  I'll be running a writing workshop for young adults during the school holidays - there are still some places left for this free event at the Lesmurdie Library on the morning of September 29 (Thurs.) You can book via this link: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=936837& Rebecca Laffar-Smith's event at High Wycombe Library also sounds great! (And includes pizza. Why didn't I think of that?)

2022-09-18T14:48:21+10:00September 18th, 2022|

Season’s Greetings and December Update

Hi readers. My best wishes to you all for the holiday season, and special appreciation for those who have to continue working through that time, especially hospital and emergency services staff. Christmas photo of Rocky and Bramble is at the foot of this post! Very little news on the book front at this point, sorry. I'm still waiting for a decision from my agent about the Baba Yaga trilogy proposal. [...]

2021-12-12T23:39:21+11:00December 12th, 2021|

Wintry Update

Here in Perth it's winter time and bitterly cold by Aussie standards. The temptation to snuggle under the blankets and forget the world outside would be hard to resist even if we weren't in partial lockdown. Because of the pandemic situation, quite a few events have been cancelled or postponed, including some of mine. We don't have new dates for Supanova Perth at this point. The pandemic situation in New [...]

2021-07-04T13:51:27+10:00July 3rd, 2021|

Mother Thorn: progress report

If you're waiting for the linen-covered trade edition of Mother Thorn and Other Tales of Courage and Kindness, you'll probably know already that there's been a further delay in publication, as it was advertised as coming out on April 11. Unfortunately there was an issue with the printing, especially of the cover illustration. We're hoping for sample copies of the new, improved version very soon, and if they are OK [...]

2021-04-21T21:35:29+10:00April 21st, 2021|

Progress Report September 8 2020

Apologies for the belated report! I've been working really hard to get the manuscript of Warrior Bards Book 3 (provisionally titled A Song of Flight) ready to go off to the publishers later this month. It is all written, but I am still polishing and improving it, because it's important to make the book as good as I possibly can before I let it go. I'm hoping my editors at [...]

2020-09-08T23:23:11+10:00September 8th, 2020|

Two new short stories (and other things)

Hi readers, and a big apology for neglecting you for so long. Life has been pretty busy, with two new books out this year (Beautiful and The Harp of Kings) plus the next instalment of Warrior Bards to write, not to mention quite a lot of upheaval with the dogs - I lost my dear old man Zen earlier in the year after a long illness, and little Pippa has [...]

2020-02-09T06:34:13+11:00September 27th, 2019|
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