I had a great time over the weekend, giving a talk at the Maylands Library, sharing my Ten Lessons From Ten Years in Publishing. It was fabulous to chat with…
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This year marked the 10th anniversary of signing my first book contract (Aurora: Darwin). I can’t believe I’ve been a professional writer for 10 years! That said, it took me…
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Last Saturday I appeared at Oz Comic Con in Perth, moderating a 'Perth Science Fiction and Fantasy Showcase' panel with the multi-award winning (R-L in photo below): Juliet Marillier (fantasy…
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Last week the news became official that Pan Macmillan Australia has decided to scale down the publishing program of Momentum and fold it back into the parent company. This means,…
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Today I want to talk about a topic that has niggled at me for years, one I just can't stand staying silent on any longer. It's this: the myth that…
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Recently I set up a survey about the Aurora series in an attempt to learn more about my readers. I wrote a very brief blog post about it here. In…
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Writers are an inventive sort. Often inspired by the simplest of things, we’re led to build complex worlds inside our minds. Some of us jot down notes, some of us…
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