If I don’t feel like a walk on the beach in the morning there’re always the hills and the paddocks. A large mob of roos call this field home and the horses who share it with them are amiable sorts. I love the way the cloud pours down the sides of the mountains at this Continue reading
Tag: Wings of Fear
Let’s talk Craft with Fleur McDonald!
Today’s guest is best selling author, Fleur McDonald, who’s going to sharesome of her writing process with us. Welcome, Fleur, lets talk craft! Okay, let’s do! Panster, plotter or scener, or a combination? Well I tend to be a bit a panster! I often think I’m going to plan – start out on lovely large pieces of butchers Continue reading
Hard yakka…
Two cubic metres of mud had to be removed by hand then two cubic metres of stones, plus garden bed edging and pavers, had to be manhandled back in place. The nice man with the bob-cat who was supposed to be doing the work pointed out he’d sink up to his axles because the ground Continue reading
Kate, from North Star
Ever wanted to know just a little more about a character in a story? I frequently find myself wondering about characters long after I’ve finished a book, so today I’m putting one under the spot light. Karly Lane has kindly allowed me to interview Kate, her heroine in North Star, her latest release by Allen Continue reading
Visiting Fiona Palmer’s blog
Today I’m over at Fiona Palmer’s blog. She’s one happy writer after her latest release, Heart of Gold, was listed at Number 1 on the Sydney Sun Herald’s Top 10 Romance books for the week! Congrats, Fiona 🙂 You’ll find us at http://www.fionapalmer.com/
Puberty Blues with middle-aged hindsight…
I doubt there was any novel more quintessentially Australian for me as a teenager than Puberty Blues by Kathy Lette and Gabrielle Carey. I hated it, I loathed and I rejected every single premise in the story. Puberty Blues was a coming of age surfing story set in the Sunderland Shire with a couple of Continue reading
Snuggle pot and cuddle pie
It’s Aussie Author April! Bronwyn Parry, a fellow Hachette Author, has a wonderful post on one of her favourite Australian authors, Ethel Turner. It took me back to being a child, sitting in front of my Grandmother’s black and white TV, watching Seven Little Australians and sucking my thumb as the dramas unfolded. I loved Continue reading
To ARC or not to ARC
In the world of publishing an Advance Review Copy or ARC is the first time a novel is put out for public consumption. Sometimes it has the completed cover design, but most times is has a different jacket as a way of differentiating between it and the finished book. But what about the words? How Continue reading
Guest blogging with Mandy Magro
Today I’m chatting over at Mandy Magro‘s blog. Mandy is a fellow North Queensland local and her debut Rural novel, ROSALEE STATION, is being released in May by Penguin Australia. Drop by for a chat and browse around her site – you’ll find us at http://www.mandymagro.com/blog/2011/03/30/Helene-Young.aspx If you have any special camping spots you’d like to share Continue reading