Just back from a wonderful time researching and exploring Norfolk Island, but more of that in another post. More important right now is to let readers know the latest regarding the last two Janna Mysteries. Unfortunately, Random House Australia has now said a final no to publishing the last two books in the series that…
Hi all,Just a quick update before I fly over to Norfolk to research Hearts in Chains – really looking forward to it, and will be doing plenty of talks and workshops with the school while I’m there. So it’ll all be a really good learning experience. Many thanks for all your queries and comments re…
Hi everyone,First up, many thanks for all your helpful comments about my proposal to put Books 5 & 6 of The Janna Mysteries on line. It was really interesting for me (and for the editor at Random House) to see how you feel about reading books on line. The good news is that I’m going…
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…