by admin | Aug 2008 | Blog
Author talks in Canberra I’ve just returned from Canberra after a week in our capital. It’s a long time since I’ve been there and the first time I wasn’t just a tourist. I had Author talks in several schools. Most were primary school, but I...
by admin | Aug 2008 | Author Insights, Blog
Like a sore tooth, the answer is less biddable: The Manuscript Rewrite I’m doing a rewrite on a manuscript after talking to the editor and have started a new chapter one twice. Each time, although I quite like what I’ve written, I’ve realised it...
by admin | Jul 2008 | Blog, Inspiration
Random pics from Queensland… wombat caveA wombat cave, minus wombat queensland burleigh headsview of burleigh heads strangler figStrangler figs…I find the idea of these plants amazing…and these were big ones. Poor strangled other tree view from the...
by admin | Jun 2008 | Blog
Go girl, go go go The Hardie Grant Egmont ‘Go Girl’ series has topped 1,000,000 copies sold in Australia. My title, Snow Play, is No 22 in this series for middle primary readers.The series had a spin off series last year ‘Go Girl Angels’ and...
by admin | Jan 2008 | Blog
Australia Day: 2008 style Jan 26 is Australia Day. Around the country big events and small celebrate what it is to be Australian. There were award ceremonies, parties, a countdown of the 100 most popular songs in the country (which also included more than one party)...