Two years ago I was a overstimulated stress jelly. One mental health care plan, multiple psychologist appointments, six months of denial, and two psychiatrist appointments later, and I’ve been diagnosed…
I’ve removed a heap of scenes from Love And Distraction and added some others, in response to Ally Blake’s feedback, which was great and on point. Unfortunately, I don’t like…
My favourite books of all time. These 200 books would be worth anyone's time to read. It's personal: it's just my opinion and my only qualification to write this list…
Solitary retreats - all alone with nowhere to go, doing nothing with nobody. It’s simple in concept and simple in execution. Hire a place, go there, don’t invite anyone else,…
Of all the darlings I’ve had to kill over the course of the edits, this is the biggest; I have to rename Softening. My work in progress has been called…
I entered this piece for February’s Right Left Write short story competition run by Queensland Writers Centre. It’s been a few weeks now since the deadline so I think I’m…
Here are five books that I read when I started to write seriously. They are all superb in their own way. I won’t say that these books saved my life,…
My work in progress novel, Softening, is set in a meditation class. That’s not accidental. I originally wanted to write about group meditation and all the weird and wonderful things…
The break before the fifth draft only lasted a few days – itchy writing fingers got the better of me. I’m now being mentored by Ally Blake, an established romance author…
I’ve started to attend a few writers groups and conferences, and inevitably I’ve met other writers. There was no avoiding it. They were there and I was there, and I…