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Author Interview: Sharita Russell, author of original SINNER

13 Sep 2021
Greetings Brave Adventurers, I’m very excited to have Sharita Russell, author of Original Sinner on my blog today for a chat. Sharita Russell HLP: Hi Sharita, and welcome to my blog! …
Discussion

Living on the Other Side of the World

21 Feb 2020
It’s been a year since we moved to the OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD. February 2019, we packed up our house and our life in Sydney, Australia and moved to…
Courses…

Hardcopy 2018: Canberra here I come!

24 Apr 201824 Apr 2018
I'm thrilled to announce that with my YA fantasy novel, TAMED, I've been selected as a participant in HARDCOPY 2018. This is a very exciting opportunity with writers from around…
Inspirational

On Winter Olympics, Steven Bradbury and *that* gold medal

24 Feb 20181 Mar 2018
Although I haven’t watched much of the Winter Olympics this year, I did happen across an article about Steven Bradbury talking about *that win*. He seems destined to have his…
Inspirational

Happy Valentines!

14 Feb 201813 Feb 2019
When we think of Valentines Day, for most of us our thoughts go almost immediately to romantic love. St Valentine himself is often associated with romantic gestures, marrying couples in…
Inspirational

My first week as a full-time (part-time) writer…

7 Feb 20181 Mar 2018
It’s a sad/happy/emotional/awesome week this week. My smallest child went off to school for the first time for the whole school day on Monday. She left me in the playground…
Inspirational

New Year’s Resolutions (and small things…)

3 Feb 20181 Mar 2018
Yes, I know it’s February. But January is not the time to make New Year’s Resolutions in Australia. The air smells like barbeque and beer, the kids are home for…
Conventions and Awards Nights

Conflux 2017…Grimm Tales (Canberra’s Annual Speculative Fiction Convention) Wrap Up [Part 3: Sunday]

14 Dec 20171 Mar 2018
  Part 1 (Friday) is here. Part 2 (Saturday) is here. I’m going to try and keep this post short and sweet. By Sunday, my brain was nearly full to…
Conventions and Awards Nights

Conflux 2017…Grimm Tales (Canberra’s Annual Speculative Fiction Convention) Wrap Up [Part 2: Saturday]

13 Dec 20171 Mar 2018
  So – this is a very late post, but I thought I’d finish my Conflux wrap-up… If you haven’t read my Part 1 wrap-up of Conflux you can do…
Australian Author…

December Raves: Book Review: The Iron Line by L. M. Merrington

5 Dec 20171 Mar 2018
Digital: 177 pages Published by PAC books Blurb: “There’s a ghost train that runs along here at night. They say it carries the souls of those bound for hell.” Jane…
Conventions and Awards Nights

Conflux 2017…Grimm Tales (Canberra’s Annual Speculative Fiction Convention) Wrap Up [Part 1- Friday]

20 Oct 20171 Mar 2018
My first Conflux is over, and I’m looking back at the weekend with a sense of pure post-con joy – what an amazing, talented, and downright awesome group of writers,…
Conventions and Awards Nights…

Brandon Sanderson at Supernova Sydney 2017

22 Jun 20171 Mar 2018
OMG, OMG, OMG – I met Brandon Sanderson last weekend. I’m not usually one to fan-girl an author (who am I kidding – yes, I am), but meeting someone who’s…
Conventions and Awards Nights

NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2017: On mapmaking and fangirling

23 May 20171 Mar 2018
‘The plays and novels inside our heads are little unmarketed miracles, cosily ensconced in the imagination, the lighting, the sound, the production design is sublime. Inside my head for just…
Discussion

Why You Ought to be Writing in the Morning (Part 2)

19 Jul 20161 Mar 2018
This post follows on from my last post on why I ended up writing in the mornings (even though I’m a night person). You can read that post here. Starting…
Discussion…

Why You Ought to Be Writing in the Morning (Part 1)

20 Jun 20161 Mar 2018
You've heard it a hundred times right? Everyone (and sometimes it feels like everyone) tells you that you've GOT to get your writing done in the morning. Get it out…
Book Reviews…

Reviewing the Classics: Wuthering Heighs by Emily Bronte revisited

13 Jun 20164 Jun 2016
Hi all, So I went to a live taping a couple of weeks back of a show called The Book Club. It was a great show - Paul Kelly sang…
Australian Author…

May Review Raves: Soulless by Gail Carriger and Mythmaker by Marianne De Pierres

3 Jun 20163 Jun 2016
I’ve got two books to add to your must-read pile this month (if you haven’t read them already). Both on these books sit on the fringes of the fantasy genre.…
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Should I quit writing?

27 May 2016
The Australian Government has proposed parallel importation of books and a drastic reduction on intellectual copyright - these measures would be disasterous - please sign the petition.
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Dr. Watson, I Presume? The Importance of Killer Sidekicks

14 Apr 2016
A brilliant post by author Susan Spann on the importance of secondary characters.
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Which publishers publish fantasy novels?  

8 Apr 2016
Looking to bypass the agent route and head straight to a publisher? Or just interested in discovering who the major players are in the fantasy publishing game? This fantastic list…
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Fabulously Creative Workshop with Walter Mason

5 Feb 2016
    Today, I had the pleasure to attend a 3-hour workshop with Walter Mason, aptly named ‘Fabulously Creative.’ Part writing workshop and part inspiration session, Walter and his course…

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