Soul Survivor finalist in 2020 Aurealis Awards
I received some fantastic news on 31 March. My post-apocalyptic gay paranormal romance, Soul Survivor, is a finalist in the 2020 Aurealis Awards – Best Horror Novel category. The [...]
New book coming soon: Echo Springs
I'm thrilled to announce that I've got a new book coming out in September 2018 as part of a four-part romantic suspense series set in outback Australia. My story [...]
Milestone: My First Book Reading
Last night I delivered my first ever book reading. The Wheeler Centre in Melbourne invited me and three other authors (including fellow Escape Artist Suneeti Rekha) to read excerpts from [...]
Who’s the person mentioned in my book’s dedication?
I dedicated my first book to my mum, Tracy, who died in 2011. Unfortunately she wasn’t around to see it come out in digital print, but I didn’t hesitate to [...]
500 words a day for 30 days? No problem
Last month I challenged myself to writing a minimum of 500 words every day for 30 days. This was after wondering why I found it easier to commit to a [...]
My progress on writing 500 words per day
I’m 20 days into my 30-day writing challenge. I can’t believe the time has gone by so fast. Where did March go?! It’s been a pretty busy 20 days all [...]
Why don’t I write as often as I go to the gym
I was at the gym on Friday afternoon, reading (in between sets) about a blogger who committed to writing 1000 words per day for 30 days as a way of [...]
How I wrote 30,000 words in five days
I have a deadline and I'm being pulled towards it like light into a black hole. My aim is to complete my approximately 90,000 word long sequel to Beckoning [...]
Plotting: a pantser’s nightmare
or, Third time’s a charm I will soon begin writing the third version of the sequel to Beckoning Blood. Not the third draft, the third VERSION. I wrote the first [...]
An endorsement from my 91-year-old grandmother
The other week I wrote about what my beloved thought of Beckoning Blood. This week, I want to share some comments from my 91-year-old grandmother. Like my partner, I was anxious [...]