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|

Bagpipes, a Monster, and the Power of Storytelling

“Hope.” It was as if Granny Flora had drawn a sword. “That’s what the tales are, hope. And dreams. Dreams a person might make true in the time to come. Nightmares, too, like the monster that squeals and skirls in the night. We each meet our own monster, our own dragon, our own unknown thing in the darkness.” That’s a snippet from Greatheart, my story in the forthcoming anthology The [...]

2022-08-14T21:55:58+10:00August 14th, 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|

Cover Reveal: Mother Thorn

  Here's the beautiful cover for Mother Thorn, my book of fairy tale-based short stories, to be published by Serenity Press in November 2020. Isn't it wonderful! I was so excited when Kathleen Jennings, the award-winning Brisbane illustrator, agreed to do the art work for this book. I can't wait to see a finished copy! For those who haven't been following the news on my Facebook author page, Mother Thorn [...]

2020-06-15T22:29:28+10:00June 15th, 2020|

Progress Report December 2018

Hi loyal readers. Between technical issues and an overwhelming amount of writing to get done, I've neglected this blog completely. So sorry! I have been posting news on the Facebook Fan Page but I know not everyone chooses to use Facebook, so here is a catch-up for you. Firstly, the anthology Aurum was published by Ticonderoga Publications recently. You can purchase via their website or the usual online retailers. Aurum contains [...]

2020-02-09T06:34:14+11:00December 7th, 2018|

Book of the Month: Hear Me Roar

September's book is Hear Me Roar, edited by Liz Grzyb and published by Ticonderoga. The subtitle is 17 Stories of Real Women and Unreal Worlds. As the editor says in her introduction, the anthology features ‘the stories of women who, every day, need to be strong and brave in many different ways that aren’t always recognised as such.’ I love the fact that these stories are not all about warrior [...]

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