How do I describe this year? Well I became a debut author so it’s the best year ever! My best moments in 2010 were: 1. Becoming a part of the black dog books family. 2. Having my novel Fury published in May 2010. 3. Getting to be a covergirl for The West Australian Today liftout. [...]

(for part 1 of this post go here) On Monday 6 Sept, I make a library visit to Princess Hill to talk about being a writer and Melissa Keil, Editor Extraordinaire talks about publishing and agents and all the insider stuff. The kids (you know who you are) were adorable and I liked the cheeky [...]

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 [...]

It seemed like only yesterday I was typing crap and going to the bookstore and staring at all the pretty, shiny books and feeling half wistful and half totally jealous, but now I’ve somehow become an author and invited to the Melbourne Writer’s Festival in Aug/Sep. As a guest and speaker. Like, wow. Please come [...]