It has been a very, very long time since my last blog post but today I have something new I wanted to write about. For those of you who...

It has been quite a while since I have written a blog post, and with 2023 coming to an end I thought it would be a good time to jump back...

July 1st is publication date for Saving Charli. There's been a lot of work that has been done since I signed with Scholastic Australia...

My memory of the Covid lockdown is now a bit of a blur. I remember very clearly what happened, but the timeline of it all, well, not so...

It has been quite some time since I have added to my blog. Like everyone else, there was Covid, post Covid, and then finding the normalcy...

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...

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...

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

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,...

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 have four completed manuscripts, one published, one in its way and two waiting their turn (fingers crossed). Whilst they are different...

You're not quite finished. I think I'll need a cup of tea. I remember Nancy Conescu (editor of Unpacking Harper Holt) telling me the...

Editing. I had absolutely no idea. When I finished my first complete manuscript, two thoughts came to mind: 'I did it!' which was...

In the last post, I mentioned that there are three frequently asked questions, and I answered number three. I like to have a sense of...

There are three most frequently asked questions: Where do you get your ideas from? How long does it take to write a book? How much...

I write early in the morning. It's Harper's fault. She started it. When I began writing my first novel, Unpacking Harper Holt, finding...