by mgadmin | Feb 4, 2026 | Blog, Books
If you have been paying attention, you may have noticed that I have a new book available. This is a novella called Not Running Away, set in the fictional town of Sapphire Bay, which is loosely based on Cowes and surrounds in Victoria, Australia. This is the story of...
by mgadmin | Feb 2, 2026 | Blog
Recently, I read ‘The House that Joy Built’ by Holly Ringland. There was a lot of good information in there, my favourite was her saying to ‘create what you love’, but a lot didn’t ring true for me. I don’t suppress creativity...
by mgadmin | Jan 31, 2026 | Blog, What I've Read
I ended up dropping the ball last year and stopped doing ‘What I’ve Read’ posts. I aim to fix that this year. As always, I’ve started off the year with a goal of 50 books in the GoodReads challenge. This is more to keep the challenge alive and...
by mgadmin | Oct 31, 2025 | Blog, Short Stories
I am not big on horror stories or scary stories, however at the end of October every year, the kids I work with want to write spooky, Halloween stories. I give it a go, always with varying results. Given that today is Halloween, I thought I’d share one of my...
by mgadmin | Oct 28, 2025 | Blog
Following on from my post last week, I thought I’d continue by sharing some of my favourite picture books. I have quite a few to choose from, given that I have a collection with nearly 300 picture books… it was hard to choose ten to highlight, so there is...
by mgadmin | Oct 21, 2025 | Blog
This past weekend, ABC Radio National had a countdown of their Top 100 Books. There weren’t many that I have read, or wanted to read, and those I had, I didn’t love. I thought I would share some of the books that stood out to me since I started tracking...
