During the week, with lockdown restrictions lifted ever so slightly, it was a real treat to go out for breakfast with a friend. One of...

I missed the first birthday of my blog. Only by a week or so, but still... There's been a few things going on - lockdowns, isolation,...

It is just not working - this new way of writing. When I sit at my computer, I am torn between where to go to first. Do I work on the...

This is the chapter that sets the direction of the story. This is where I'm in unchartered territory. In the past I have just gone with...

So I had a prologue, and the first few chapters were hurtling along. I was pretty happy with myself, 'this isn't so hard' was rattling...

Chapter 4 is ready to read. So, what's its purpose. Backstory, gap filling, adding context - whatever you want to call it, this chapter...

If you have read either of my novels, you will know that loss and grief are a part of what I write about. And Project 1 has certainly...

I have a dilemma. A word dilemma. I like to keep track of the word count - not only the overall word count but the chapter by chapter...

If you follow me on Instagram, you would have recently seen a story I posted about sending my computer for a 'check-up.' I made a joke...

It has been a few weeks since my last blog post. I've been busy - both with book, work, and personal stuff. Yesterday I was asked about...

It's here. Every Thing We Keep - a story about 13 year old Agatha, is now in book stores - it's on the shelf - often right next to...

Agatha is here. Every Thing We Keep by Omnibus Books (an imprint of Scholastic Australia) has just starting to arrive in bookstores and I...

I have always read the dedications writers place at the beginning of their books. When my son was little, and we would read picture...

I didn't have any social media accounts before 2018. I knew what they were, had friends on them but I hadn't ventured there at all. Just...

Recently, two of my colleagues at work, Merryn and Kirsten, read Unpacking Harper Holt. They each got their own copy, read it at the same...

I've mentioned, more than once, that I love to listen to writers talk about writing. In 2016 I discovered podcasts, (yes, I know, late to...

In the last month, getting Everything We Keep ready for printing, I had the opportunity to read through the last proof, not once but...

1. What happens when you haven't got anything to write about? That's a good question - especially this past year. I write in my study...

After you sign the contract, hand over the rights, don't they just do what they want with it? Don't you give up the control of your...

There was a time, before emails, zooms, portals and online banking, when a writer would type out a manuscript, package it up and send it,...

Di Walker Books

I can't write. I mean, I'm writing this blog, and having fun doing it, but I'm not writing anything else. Nothing. Zip. Crickets. It's...

You may not think that a middle grade contemporary novel, or a junior series, needs a lot of research (I certainly didn't) but there is...

I've been getting a few messages about my posts - thank you for taking the time to contact me. Some of the questions are to the point and...