Time To Say Goodbye

Yesterday I attended a beautiful ‘farewell’ afternoon tea at the gorgeous Queen Victoria Building in Sydney, to say goodbye to the talented Linsay Knight, children’s publisher of Random House Aus., and to wish her well in her retirement. Linsay picked my mss from the slush pile more than 10 years ago (Shalott), and has been…

Back From A Weekend Of Crime

And what a wonderful weekend it was too! So many readers and writers of crime all come together and such a buzz swapping notes about favourite books and favourite authors. The greatest difficulty was choosing between panels when there was such a wide range of exciting topics and authors to choose from! I was lucky…

Book Blogs of Interest

There’s a lot of interest in my experience of publishing the last two Janna Mysteries through createspace, and as a result I’ve been asked to contribute to several wonderful book blogs that feature books, authors (not only me!) resources for readers and writers and other really interesting information. Please check them out (along with my…

Lunch With The Stars

I had a fantastic day yesterday! Went up to the beautiful St Patrick’s (ex)seminary at North Head in Manly for the ‘lunch with the stars’ – hundreds of students plus teachers plus authors and illustrators, and there was such a buzz about books and reading and authors, it was a really wonderful day. Congratulations to…

Launching Janna

Thank you to all of you who have bought the last two Janna Mysteries and who have been writing to me to tell me how much you’re enjoying them. I have absolutely loved writing the series and when I came to finish the last book I felt as if I was saying goodbye to close…