…and left me some boxes of books. I wonder what they could be?
I’m pleased to report that Miscellaneous Voices: Australian Blog Writing #1 has been positively reviewed by Bookseller+Publisher magazine. Here is the extract from the (forthcoming) magazine, reproduced with permission. I am relieved to see that my goals for the project have come across clearly and been received well. And while we’re on the subject, I’ve…
March 26th – Applications close for the 2010 Creative Fellowships at the SLV March 31st – Going Down Swinging submissions close (done) May 10th – ABR Short Story Competition submisssions close* *I am currently wavering over what writing project I want to work on next: My Big Fat Fantasy Novel or something new? This something…
Read / February 26th, 2010
Congratulations first of all to Nerida who won the Vicks thermometer on Wednesday. She’s been reading Miscmum for a long time 🙂 Rachel Hills recently asked me to write a guest post about my experiences with children’s publishing – and here it is! Finally, today, I sent this off to the printers: Right now, I’m feeling…
This ‘what am I reading?’ post ought to have been easy enough. I’ve done many, many before. The difference on this occasion was that our ginger-haired cat wanted to be the star. So, I give you Whiskers… and some books. This looks interesting Oh, I think I like these There appears to be more in…
Read / February 3rd, 2010
This week I’ve well and truly got the head down and the proverbial up in the air getting the last stages of Miscellaneous Voices together for the contributors to sign off on before we go to the printers. And as you may recall from yesterday, it’s also the the same week Keira started school. Monstrously…
Reproduced with Express Media’s kind permission from over at Facebook *** Express Media @ Signal for 13 – 20 year olds, but older people welcome! Once an abandoned train signal box, Signal is now an exciting new arts studio, designed exclusively for the creative ideas of 13 – 20 year olds. Come inside this box…
Read / January 18th, 2010
Come over here, I’ve got something to show you! Isn’t it cool? I love it. As I’ve already explained, the book is why I’ve been a bit distracted around here. There’s nothing I’d like more than to dash off a thousand words as an, oh, release, but not just yet. Soon.
I took this mid-afternoon sometime on New Years Eve. Thanks to some new insulation in the roof I was able to keep the air conditioning off until after lunch (it was a very hot day), but then the heat just got too bad, so on it went. This explains the Wolf Hall on the bed,…
