What I’ve Read – February 2017
February is always a slower month for reading, and this year was no exception. Life was getting back to normal with school, work, after school activities, and more. This year, my older son was in hospital for a week, giving me less time for reading than I would like....
What I’ve Read – January 2018
January got off to a flying start with reading, although, according to my kids, I cheated by reading quite a few picture books! The first book I finished was Victoria and the Rogue by Meg Cabot. Meg Cabot wrote The Princess Diaries, which I haven’t read, but I have...
What I’ve Read – December 2017
I can’t believe that 2017 is over! According to GoodReads, I read 57 books during the year, plus two more that aren’t listed on GoodReads. That’s more than the 40 books I had expected to read. Many of the books I read during December were picture books I read to my...
What I’ve Read – November 2017
November began with the excitement of my son walking out of hospital after being in a wheelchair for much of the year! I finished reading The Rejected Writers Book Club. It was a fun read with a lot of quirky characters and twists and turns. My son asked me to get him...
What I’ve Read – October 2017
October has been a crazy month, beginning with my 40th birthday, and ending with my son back in hospital! I have got a bit of reading done. The first book I read was Mollie Pride by Beverley S. Martin. This is a book I picked up years ago at a second hand book sale...
Lizzy’s Dragon On Tour
Next week, Lizzy's Dragon is on tour with Books on Tour over at Just Write for Kids. There will be reviews, articles, craft activities, giveaways, and so much more. As well as Just Write for Kids, a number of other amazing bloggers will be joining in the fun with...
Where Writers Get Ideas Workshop
Another week, another amazing school holiday workshop. This time it was with my regular teen writing group. The group requested a workshop on where authors find ideas, and that's what we did. I prepared a list of nine different places authors get ideas. These were...
What I’ve Read – September 2017
My son was discharged from hospital early this month, but that didn’t leave heaps of reading time! I finished reading Miss Lily’s Lovely Ladies and am looking forward to the next book in the series. I follow Jackie French on social media and I know she’s writing it. I...
How to Create A Dragon Workshop
Yesterday, I ran a fantastic school holiday workshop at Monash Library in Mount Waverley called How to Create a Dragon. The topic came about from the launch of Lizzy's Dragon. In that book, I created a dragon with a twist to fit the story, and to make it different...
Launch of Lizzy’s Dragon
Last night we had a wonderful night at Reading's Children's Books in Carlton launching Lizzy's Dragon. It was an extra special night as it was a double launch with Hidden by Sif Dal. My 15 year old son has been in the hospital for the last couple of weeks (you can...