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I’m looking forward to the Historical Novels Society of Australasia (HNSA) virtual conference in October, and hoping you’ll join best-selling author Isolde Martyn and me in a chat room on Sat 23rd October at 2.45 to swap info and answer questions about historical fiction set in medieval time – a long-lasting passion that began while…
Early Bird Registration is now open for the Historical Novels Society of Australasia virtual conference in October, celebrating historical fiction with panels, interviews, bootcamps, workshops and so much more: lots of interest for both readers and writers of historical fiction. The conference will run over two weekends, and with a star-studded line-up of participants, including…
These last few days have been REALLY busy, and I’m still catching up. So (mea culpa) I didn’t meet my last challenge of drawing something or someone precious to me. Instead, I’ll share with you one of my earliest drawings along with a page of text from one of my earliest stories. (It was a…
Old Worlds, New Worlds, Otherworlds is this year’s theme for CBCA Book Week and I’ve been posting on fb, challenging readers to write something. Yesterday’s challenge was to create a poem using this photograph of an owl (taken by a very talented photographer friend, Laurie Wilson.) I’m no poet – but I had fun trying! …
I set this challenge yesterday to celebrate Book Week: a short story using this photograph for inspiration. This is the photograph and this is what I’ve come up with below. Oh – so I can’t save and print it out apparently (don’t you love technology!) But if you click on it, I think (hope) you’ll…
The mystical Glastonbury and Glastonbury Tor have long been an inspiration for authors. This ancient site was supposedly the home of Gwyn app Nudd, Lord of the Underworld; the site of the ancient Isle of Avalon of Arthurian legend; the early Christian site visited by Joseph of Arimathea after the crucifixion of Christ and, more…
Stuck for something to write about? Stuck for something for the kids to do during lockdown? Make your own ‘magic bag of ideas.’ Take yourself and/or your children on a ‘magical object’ hunt, indoors or out. Select several items and choose one (or all of them) to inspire you. Start writing poems/stories – or even…
Bringing a brand new version of the award-winning Shalott trilogy to a new generation of readers as five teenagers set out into the unknown to change the legend of Camelot. Instead they find they are rewriting their own lives and destiny. Callie’s quest was simple: to change the fate of the Lady of…
The first book in the brand new version of my award winning trilogy, Shalott: Into the Unknown, will be out shortly, along with information on how to order the book. Book 2, Shalott: Dangerous Magic, will follow in two months, and Book 3, Shalott: End Play, will be published two months after that. I’m really…