It’s been a hectic few weeks, with visits to some great schools over Book Week: Wenona, Pittwater House, Mosman High and SCEGGS Redlands, as well as a wonderful day spent at Kincumber High School in Gosford. The CBCA lunch on board the ferry with hundreds of students was also fun. I sat with some really…
Just snatching some time out to thank you all for your continuing interest in the Janna Mysteries. I’m currently waiting for a response from an agent in the USA, and am also trying to fit in some writing time. Meantime, if you’d like to check it out, there’s a fantastic review of Willows for Weeping…
Thanks so much everyone for all your interesting comments – you’ve certainly given me a lot to think about. I specially like the suggestion that Janna is giving me hints about which way she wants to go – I’d never thought about that in those terms before. Hmmmm … Questions, questions. Many thanks too for…
Hi everyone; hope you all enjoyed the school holidays? (Not as much as your teachers, I bet!) Schools are much on my mind at present as Book Week comes closer. I’ve been invited to visit lots of wonderful schools in Sydney and at the Top Bookshop in Gosford. Schools include Manly Primary, Kuringai High School,…
Hi everyone and my apologies for the LONG silence! I’m just back from a wonderful trip to Russia, followed by several weeks in the UK walking in Janna’s footsteps in Winchester, Wilton and Grovely forest amongst other wonderful places. We also went to York. I visited the Richard III museum to an exhibition depicting that…
Guess you’re back at school again, but hope you all enjoyed your holidays and made the most of late summer and a last surf or swim. Brrr … it’s freezing today. Just back from a weekend retreat with the Society of Women Writers, which was great. Lots of listening to writers talking about their craft,…
Has anyone played a trick on you today? It’s early yet, but I’ve escaped so far. Hope it’s the start of a great month for you all.My thanks to all of you who are sending in messages of support for the Janna Mysteries and offering to help in whatever way you can. I’m still trying…
Greetings to you all, and once again my thanks for your continuing messages of support for the Janna Mysteries. I truly appreciate hearing from you. One lovely fan has asked what readers can do to help with getting the series published. The only answer really is: buy more books. Tell your friends about the series,…
I’m not writing this blog as often as I should – busy, busy writing and doing other stuff – more of that shortly. First up, my thanks to all of you for your continuing messages of support for the Janna Mysteries. I’m on the case, but I’m afraid as yet I have no good news…
I’ve just had a fun day at Port Stephens, running two holiday workshops for high school students on ‘writing fantasy’ at the libraries at Raymond Terrace and Tomaree. I told the students a little bit about my books and where my ideas come from, and showed them a powerpoint display of some of the sites…