Archives for posts tagged ‘Carole wilkinson’

A Very Special Christmas Special on Marrs

Merry Christmas! This is my Christmas meme (well, it’s kinda only me, actually) involving a big bunch of wonderful, fun authors who have agreed to answer my question of: How are your characters from your novel spending this Christmas and what are they hoping to receive this year? Leanne Hall, This is Shyness Wildgirl is [...]

shirley’s adventures in melbourne land (@ the MWF)

I am in Melbourne, land of the little alleyway and the grafitti! Helping to spearhead the School’s Program part of the Melbourne Writer’s Festival 2010 @ Federation Square. My first time as a new author, my second time to this interesting city. First thing on a Monday I crash the green room of Miss Steph [...]

behind the scenes – what makes a great book cover – rejected fury covers

Once in a while, I’ll do a blog sharing the behind-the-scenes action of being a author, which can be fun, totally intimidating and fully crazy. So if you’re a writer, aspiring author or just morbidly interested, read on. I hope everyone likes the final cover, but did you know that designer Ellie Exarchos originally came [...]

short and scary – and shirley

“LISTEN UP children; do what your parents say. Or else your destiny might catch up with you. I know because it happened to me.” (a very very short excerpt of my story) What happens when Karen Tayleur emails you and asks if you can write a short and scary story in two days? You say [...]