Life’s been pretty busy since I got back from my writing fellowship in Adelaide. I’ve been working hard on Hearts in Chains and plan to go to Norfolk Island at the end of August for a research trip – I’m looking forward to that. I’m also looking forward to meeting and talking to students on…
It’s been quite a shock coming back to the ‘real world’ after a really wonderful month in Adelaide, writing, teaching & workshopping, walking, and socialising with SA writers (who were so warm and welcoming as was everyone associated with the May Gibs trust – my gratitude and thanks to you all!) I also caught up…
Thanks so much for sending me your thoughts re the title for the last Janna Mystery. Thyme for Truth seems to be the most popular, and certainly Janna discovers the truth about a lot of things in her life. But this is also a story about trust and, without wanting to give too much away,…
Just back from two wonderful weeks on remote islands in Fiji, with lots of great snorkeling. Saw quite a few sharks, white and black-tipped reef sharks plus a grey reef shark that circled and circled around us and made me VERY nervous! According to our snorkeling guide, George, grey sharks are ‘curious’, he said they…
I’ve had an interesting suggestion from a reader (called Jannah – yes, really!) and I’m putting it on my blog for discussion – tell me what you think. Jannah is not that rapt in the proposed title of the last book in the Janna Mysteries, Thyme for Trust. She’s suggested calling it Thyme for Truth…
I’ve just had a look at the cover for the German edition of Book 1 of The Janna Mysteries. Rosemary for Remembrance has become (so far as I can translate it) Janna, daughter of a healer (Janna die tochter der heilerin). Let’s hope the title really grabs everyone in Germany! The cover is beautiful: a…
Thanks to Ariana, and to others of you who have sent me your ideas about how the Janna Mysteries should end, and (more important!) who Janna should marry. What a cleaver and creative lot of readers you are, there is some really interesting stuff there! AndI really hope that, sooner or later, you’ll find out…
I can’t believe it’s over a month since I last lobbed into my blog. Someone is stealing time away from me! Maybe it’s cos I’m so busy these days, writing a new book, thinking about the project I’ll be working on while in Adelaide, sussing out publishing possibilities for the Jannas o.s. and all the…
I had a busy week last week brushing up my writing skills with Bryce Courtney and a group of really great writers (and interesting people) at Bryce’s workshop at Macquarie University. It was pretty full on, with his novel Jessica to read before we started, as well as Peter Yeldham’s script from the novel which…
Another month has flashed by and I guess lots of you are now back at school while the rest of us are back at work after the hols. Hope you all enjoyed the break, as I did. Thanks for the messages that have been coming in and, just as an update, I’m still hoping to…