Five days before Christmas, I closed the manuscript I’d been working on after a furious final day where I cranked out 3,000 words while the kids were at their last day of vacation care for the year.
For the next seven weeks, I did no … Interested? Read More...
Firstly, apologies for spreading this story over two parts, but it’s a fairly long, and hopefully not too boring, tale. I generally love reading other author’s publication tales, because they are little glimmers of hope in what can sometimes feel like a fairly futile activity. … Interested? Read More...
I’ve written the headline for this post, and I’m shaking my head because I’m still in a bit of shock that I am going to be a published author with Harlequin Australia.
To be frank, that post title is also probably a little misleading. Did … Interested? Read More...
In March 2016, my husband and I went on a holiday together to Tasmania for five nights. It was the first time we’d left our young children for more than a night. My parents stepped up to mind them.
The occasion was my 40th birthday … Interested? Read More...
I am a terrible diary-keeper, a fact which troubles me, mostly because every writing book I’ve ever read suggests the keeping of a diary as being fairly essential to one’s writing process.
And I can see the point.
If the aim of fiction writing is … Interested? Read More...
When I think about my life BC (before children) I feel slightly ill. All those idle hours! BC, my weekends consisted of little more than reading the newspaper, doing a little exercise, maybe going for dinner. Yes, it was lovely. But my life outside of … Interested? Read More...
One of the best things about getting involved in the online writing community is the lovely people you meet – and Vanessa Carnevale is one of the loveliest.
What first put Vanessa on my radar was her excellent podcast – Your Creative Life – which … Interested? Read More...
Well, this is a Book Birdy first! Sunni Overend is the first writer to be featured twice on the blog, which I think is testament to the fascinating nature of her personal writing story and also her fabulous books, which are a really fresh take … Interested? Read More...
If you want to get to the really interesting part of Small Great Things, you need to turn to page 459.
That’s not to say the preceding 458 aren’t great. They are. You don’t get to be a globally best selling author without the … Interested? Read More...
It is said that everyone has a book in them, and I tend to agree with that sentiment in the sense that everyone has an interesting life story to tell.
Given a quiet room, a laptop and a few thousand hours of solitude, I think … Interested? Read More...
