Writer’s Group Kickstarts for 2020

Writer’s Group Kickstarts for 2020

One of the best things about starting a new year, is starting Young Writer’s Group for a new year. It’s always so much fun to work with the young writers in the group, sharing with them life as an author as well as seeing their own writing develop over...
Alternative titles

Alternative titles

Back in 2014, I published my first book, Swallow Me, NOW! It was quite a process of drafting, editing, illustrations, and beta readers. The story had been called Sam’s Solution during this process, but it wasn’t a title that I really loved, it was just...
What I’ve Read – January 2020

What I’ve Read – January 2020

Happy New Year everyone. It’s been a crazy start to 2020 with much of Australia on fire. About 18 months ago, we moved to Gippsland and there were fires in East Gippsland, a couple of hours drive away. Our week away was cancelled and there were many days when we...
A new book is coming

A new book is coming

Back in 2012, I entered a flash fiction competition  with a story called My Princess Wears a Superman Cape. This is the story of two little girls who can’t agree how to play with their Princess dolls, coming to the conclusion that girls can be whoever they want...
What I’ve Read – December 2019

What I’ve Read – December 2019

Can you believe we’re at the end of 2019 already? Picture books featured highly in my December reading. My kids gave me My Pet Star by Corrinne Averiss & Rosalind Beardshaw and Ten Minutes to Bed Little Unicorn by Rhiannon Fielding & Chris Chatterton for...