You know that old cliche “Never in my wildest dreams”? Well, I never say that. Because as we all know, good writers avoid cliches like the plague…and in my wildest dreams, I’m usually fighting a one-woman guerrilla war against Columbian drug lords, or facing down a serial killer threatening a library full of school children [...]
Archive for February, 2012
Mum, there’s a little thing I need you to do….
Posted: February 16, 2012 in Children's fiction, Dust, Henry Hoey Hobson, Reading, YA FictionTags: Book Links Qld, Making a list with David Malouf, Nick Earls, The Big Read, Vote for your favourite Queensland book, wildest dreams
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Everything you always wanted to know about writing YA but were afraid to ask
Posted: February 8, 2012 in Writing, YA FictionTags: Everything you always wanted to know about YA, Qld Writers Centre, This Writing Life, writing a novel, YA Year of the Novel
When I wrote my first novel I didn’t have a clue what I was doing. I had a head full of dreams and a driving need to capture evocative moments on paper. I wrote scene after scene, but had no idea how to string them together into a meaningful work of fiction. When I finally [...]
Confessions of a dog owner
Posted: February 6, 2012 in Family, Musings, WritingTags: beaglier, Confessions of a dog owner, derek zoolander, Huggy, This Writing Life
Boo me now – but I have never been a dog person. I know they’re cute, they’re loyal and they love unconditionally. But they also stink, they’re needy, they have fleas. They have some seriously distasteful licking and eating habits, and lordy lordy, don’t get me started on their by-products. The very thought of picking [...]
