Review – The Lies of Locke Lamora
The Lies of Locke Lamora needs another review like I need a truckload of outdated desktop computers, but hell, I'm an opinionated girl so here we go. I don't usually like to read reviews of popular books before I read them, as it can colour your experience of...
On the table…
After this post, anyone who has been following me for awhile is going to think I'm all over the place. But bear with me... The Blood of Whisperers is back on the table. Maybe... just maybe, I am looking for a traditional publisher. I KNOW! I know what you're thinking,...
The Virgin Post of AJ
To anyone who has been following me in any capacity over the last few months, it is not news that I adore my editor. She is the single most amazing person to have affected my work ever. I'd say she is the best thing that ever happened to me, but I'd be short-changing...
Interview and Stress…
So it's been quiet around here again, due to the fact that the rest of my life is ridiculously noisy and stressful. In one week we are getting on a plane to move across the world permanently, swapping a beautiful, if ridiculously hot, Australian summer for an...
Review – 809 Jacob Street by Marty Young
809 Jacob Street is an interesting read! A fascinating concept based on the manifestation of inner demons, the sort of psychological investigation I enjoy. The characters were layered and complex enough to keep my interest when the pacing flagged. Pacing and structure...
Moving Sucks
So moving officially sucks. In fact I think it sucked before now, but it's been nearly three years since the last move and I've managed to mostly forget about it, like how you can have more children after the first despite how much it hurt and how much you hate...
The Gods of Vice out in the World
Today is the day that The Gods of Vice takes its walk out into the great wide world. It's usually a stressful time for authors, but I find myself feeling calm today. Or, now I come to think of it, perhaps my background levels of stress are so much higher that this...
Screw the Stigma – Part 2
Two weeks ago I came THIS close (yes, I'm holding my fingers VERY close together) THIS close, to submitting The Blood of Whisperers to a big US agent. I consider it to be the low point of my year. Lower than every gaff on social media that has made me cringe...
An Ode to my Editor
Dear Editor I love you I do, I really do. My editor is a truly amazing woman who does everything she can to ensure that when you pick up one of my books, you don't only pick up a book as grammatically correct and lacking in spelling errors as it is humanly...
The Gods of Vice!
Allow me to introduce you to Malice. If you have read The Blood of Whisperers, then you have met him before, if not then I think the word 'manipulative' describes him pretty well. But delving deeper into the story with the release of The Gods of Vice on the horizon,...
Screw the Stigma – Part 1
If it's self-published - it's crap. If it's self-published, it was only because the author couldn't get the attention of the big boys in publishing. Self-publishers are desperate, annoying spammers who produce shonky products and expect us to pay them for it. They are...
Book Review – The Legacy of Lord Regret
I picked up this book randomly at my local bookstore when I was looking for something new by an Australian fantasy author I had never heard of before, and I was not disappointed. I read it in two days, ok maybe one and a half, which is something of a feat when I was...
