by admin | Sep 2024 | Author Insights, Blog, Writing and Words
Revisions, Rejections, Redrafting of Manuscripts: A Rave I’ve been doing quite a few revisions lately. Some are redrafting, the natural progression of a manuscript and others are following submissions and are in response to editor feedback. There must be another...
by admin | Aug 2024 | Blog, Inspiration
That’s Living: Milestones, Changes and Adventures Belonging to a family never ceases to surprise and inspire me. There is constant change and joy and sometimes we just need to rest, like Emmi (our Cavvie). Another Milestone For a long time, my first readers were...
by admin | Aug 2024 | Author Insights, Blog
The Ups and Downs of Booksigning in Bookshops Visiting bookshops and signing books can be perilous for emerging authors. Claire Saxby shares the ups and down I this time consuming, but always rewarding endeavour. Booksigning in the Early Years I had a memorable...
by admin | Jul 2024 | Author Insights, Blog, Inspiration
This is why I do Author School Visits Many weeks are been busy with school visits, editing bits and family events. There’s often little time for capturing new ideas. One school visit was to a school in Traralgon, Victoria. I was up before the sun and drove out...
by Claire Saxby | May 2024 | Blog
7 random facts about Claire Saxby- because we can. Sally from her Scribblings blog once encouraged me to list 7 random facts about me. I can do that. 1. I don’t like being called Clarence but don’t mind Clarabelle or Claire-bear. 2. I hated my middle name...
by Claire Saxby | Mar 2024 | Blog, My Books
A Tree is Born Well, actually that’s not quite right, really. The book is ‘born’ ie released into the wild in early April 2024. The tree that is the subject of ‘Tree’ is about 350 years old. Our story is much younger than that. In September, 2022, Jess Racklyeft and I...