WoW – The Monster Under Your Bed
It’s Write on Wednesday time again. You can read the full prompt here. Thinking about this, I wanted another Jimmy James story. As a 9 year old, he wouldn’t be scared of monsters under the bed, so I put the question to my two boys – what would Jimmy James be scared...
Young Writers Group 2021
Yesterday, we had our first Writers Group session since COVID-19 caused Victoria to lock down in 2020. I was excited to be driving down the freeway to Melbourne to catch up with the members of the Monash Young Writers Group as well as the amazing staff at the Monash...
What I’ve Read – January 2021
Happy New Year! I hope you've all had a wonderful, relaxing start to the year. It's been a good start to the year on the reading front. I've set myself a goal of reading 50 books this year, and January started the challenge well with seven books read. For anyone who...
My Picture Book Collection
I have a collection of picture books. It didn't start out as a collection, just books to share with my kids, however, it has grown over the years. It was in 2012 when I started collecting picture books for me rather than the kids. I was writing a princess book and...
Reading Challenges – 2021
A few years ago, I started doing the PopSugar Reading Challenge as a way to start reading outside my comfort zone, as well as doing the GoodReads reading challenge. While the PopSugar challenge has fallen by the wayside the last couple of years, I have kept up with...
What I’ve Read – December 2020
Happy New Year! I can hardly believe it's the first day of 2021. As predicted, my son working in a book shop has been dangerous! Although it was also amazing to be able to give him a list of books for Christmas gifts so he could do shopping for me, and that saved me...
What I’ve Read – November 2020
November has been and gone, only one month left of 2020. I made some great progress on my To Be Read pile, reading books that I won through Booktober Fest from Imani the Author, books my nephew leant me, and more. My older son got a job in a book shop... this is...
12 Days of Christmas 2020
Did you know, the 12 Days of Christmas are between December 25 and January 5? I learned this a couple of years ago after spending years thinking it was the first 12 days of December!! For fun, I’ve decided to help us all kickstart our creativity with a 12 Days of...
What I’ve Read – October 2020
We are getting settled in our new house and most of my books are unpacked. There is something about having bookshelves bursting with books that makes a house a home. October was a very exciting month as I published an amazing anthology by young Australian authors...
What I’ve Read – September 2020
Moving house and reading books don't mix. Most of my spare time during September was taken up with packing up our house, including all my books, and organising our move. We are now in our new house and still have a lot of boxes to unpack, but I am hoping to get more...