Stardust by Neil Gaiman
This is one of those short beautiful books that, while it didn't make itself impossible to put down, has certainly left its mark upon me. Simple and well-written, Stardust is a reminder of everything a story is and all a story needs to be. I find myself with so little...
So I’m a gamer…
I must admit that for the last two days I haven't booted up my computer to write. Sorry! I've been gaming. Tabletop gaming. I think it's safe to say that I'm a geek in every way... We had a guest come to stay for a few days and as a result... this happened. We played...
Hello 2015!
Why hello there new year, where did you come from? I only just got used to ending the date with /14 and now I have to change my ways? I call that inconsiderate! 2014 was a crazy year. I moved to a country on the opposite side of the world, got divorced and moved home,...
#GamerGate, John Grisham and WTF?!
I'm a fantasy author, so I spend my fair share of time hooked onto the internet - both for work and as the source of the majority of my writerly and fangirly socialising time. It's a truly amazing and inspiring place, encouraging, amusing and fun, as well as an...
Co.lab 2013 (Throwback Thursday #3)
Around this time last year I was struggling to write words, a pretty foreign concept when I usually struggle to stem them. This was a blank page mocking me with its over-bright pixels, white, empty. I couldn't even scroll to lessen the amount of white at the bottom of...
Throwback Thursday #2
It's been a crazy couple of weeks! Having made the move all the way to Canada, I am now in the process of making the move all the way back to Australia again. Long story. Much more interesting is this week's Throwback Thursday post! Gods know where I dredged this one...
Assassin’s Creed and 4 year olds
I have a four year old daughter. She's fast turning into a gamer like her mother and father before her. She is currently playing Journey and has finished Tengami and Monument Valley on the iPad about a hundred times each. She likes to get on Super Smash Bros. Melee...
Throwback Thursday #1
So I've decided I'm going to do a series of throwback posts looking at old writing of mine. 1) Because it's funny 2) Because you can learn a lot from it 3) Because it's interesting 4) Because it's funny In light of the fact that I've been working on The Vengeance...
Update! Book 3!
The Vengeance Trilogy! Book 3! Go! The Grave at Storm's End is DAYS away from making the journey to my editor's inbox, which means we are close close omg so close to having it all finished - THE WHOLE THING. That blows my mind. That's the good news - not the mind...
What the Friendrequest?
I have forty-three friends on Facebook. I used to have more, but I cut back. I’ve seen people with hundreds. Thousands. And always I ask myself why. I don’t even have time to properly interact with the measly forty-three people I have, I don’t have time to give a damn...
Rise Like a Phoenix
I’m still here. I haven’t fallen through thin ice or been eaten by a moose (don’t know if moose/meese/moosi actually eat people) in fact I haven’t even seen a moose or gone skating. I have just been slowly coming to terms with the fact that I have to start everything...
The Writing Process Blog Chain
Right, well... I've been absent and I apologise. Life on the other side of the world is difficult to say the least. It is taking some time to get adjusted and when I have energy it goes into working instead of blogging. Hopefully I'll be back soon. In the meantime I...
