I am very pleased to announce that I have been signed up for representation by New York literary agent Ethan Ellenberg. He will be advocating Surprise! for the international market(s) – and hopefully for other books of mine, at a later date! I shall have to get back to some serious work! I was going…
This year I’m going to try and start a new habit, and that is to post up my favourite reads of the week on a Sunday. They may not necessarily have been published that week, but my eyes must have first seen them then. You’re welcome to join in too! What’s been your favourites? Leave a…
Read / December 21st, 2008
As we were vacating our beach unit yesterday, I tripped down the staircase while carrying a large box of uneaten food. I landed awkwardly, bumping my knee and grazing my arm. The arm was particularly sore, stinging and weeping ruby dots, and I trudged off to breakfast feeling quite forlorn.While we were waiting for our…
Read / December 20th, 2008
The first (that I’ve seen) mention of Surprise! can be found here: Australian Bookseller and Publisher Summer 08/09 edition, pg 57 For the backstory: a contact of mine emailed me yesterday saying, “I was flicking through the magazine and saw your book being featured! Have you seen it yet?” and my response was, “NO! I didn’t know! Gah!…
Read / December 17th, 2008
Since being home I’ve been lucky enough to be asked to go visit some of the local primary schools to talk to the children about writing, books and reading. It’s been an immensely rewarding experience. I’ve mostly been seeing extension English children – Caucasian and Indigenous alike – in the upper grades of years 5…
Read / December 2nd, 2008
See here Note: My MA is in Literature, not Children’s Literature, and I got it from Macquarie University, not CSU (My undergraduate degree, though, was from CSU). I feel a little guilty making these corrections, but I just wanted to clear up any misunderstanding before it occurs. Later today I go visit my first primary school in the area,…
Read / November 25th, 2008
I’m being interviewed today by Student Youth Network radio about blogging and my writing and how it all fits together – which will be interesting as I’m still not sure how it all fits together in my life. Very possibly in an unhealthy way, as I’m here last thing at night and ignore my children in the mornings…
Read / November 21st, 2008
The other day I was at my local library and the children’s librarian and I were discussing my book. “Is it on the shelves at the moment?” she asked me. “Yes,” I said. “Why?” “Go check and see if there’s a picture in the back pocket. The book has been returned several times now with…
Read / November 17th, 2008
The blogging workshop I was set to teach on Wednesday night has unfortunately been cancelled. We couldn’t quite get enough registrations to fall over the line. Coming so close to the holiday season, I’m not surprised and am a little saddened as I was looking forward to it – although it may be re-scheduled for next year….
