BTS – Genie In My Drink Bottle

BTS – Genie In My Drink Bottle

Back in 2013, I was approached by the Monash Public Library Service to facilitate some creative writing sessions for teens. I was surprised but said, ‘Sure, why not?’. I have been running these ever since. The sessions are fairly simple. There is a writing...
Worth Reading: Gnoming About

Worth Reading: Gnoming About

This weeks book worth reading is Gnoming About: Tree Mail Adventure by Liv Lorkin. Three gnomes, Daisy, Lucky, and Rocky, are on the hunt for a missing gnome. They need to retrace his steps, find some postcards, and spot some mushrooms, but not everything is as easy...
BTS – Genie In My Drink Bottle

BTS – My Mummy is Evil

Back in 2012, I was the mother of two lovely boys aged 10 and 8 (I am still their mother, they are no longer 10 and 8). It was school holidays and we had had a big day. I told the boys to go to bed, it was their regular bedtime. They didn’t want to go to bed, so...
BTS – Genie In My Drink Bottle

BTS – My Princess Wears a Superhero Cape

Back in 2012, I entered a flash fiction competition to write a story about an unconventional princess. When I saw the prompt, a line jumped into my head – My princess wears a superman cape. From there, I wrote a story about two little girls playing with princess...
What I’ve Read – March 2026

What I’ve Read – March 2026

I can’t believe March is already over! I’ve recently come back from a two week holiday to Nepal. It was AMAZING, and I got quite a few books read. Before I left, I worked hard at finishing most of the books I had on the go. Here’s what I read during...
BTS – Genie In My Drink Bottle

BTS – 3, 2, 1, Done!

In 2011, my younger son became unwell with glandular fever. He was nine years old and he never quite bounced back. A couple of years later, he was diagnosed with ME/CFS, otherwise known as chronic fatigue syndrome. So many people seemed to think this was a condition...