Writing when life gives you lemons
I write prolifically and usually I just tell people that I can do that because I don't have a life. That is only partly true. Yes, I'm...
Another NaNoWriMo
I know I have several books published so why do I still do NaNoWriMo when I can happily write a novel in a month and I have done that a...
Armageddon isn't the end of the world
I had my launch for my latest book this weekend. I went up to Auckland which is the biggest city in my country but don't get excited the...
Are you a secret Dyslexic?
I'm a smart cookie so when I struggled to spell things I didn't think of dyslexia at first. It was only when I was at university and I...
I'm so excited I can't sleep! Marketing fun.
So I'm off to Armageddon, which is New Zealand's answer to comic con, where I'll be dressed up to the nines in a steampunk outfit and...
Retelling Shakespeare
So my latest book I'm trying something new. I'm retelling Midsummer Night's Dream. I always thought the way that Helena chased after...
Sneak Preview: The Mechanicals
My latest novel The Mechanicals is coming out next month on the 23 October, so here is a sneak preview. Enjoy! A boy delivered the...
How to write like a crazed monkey
I look at authors like Lindsay Buroker and I think she is amazing to get so many books written in such a short time. Then I look at...
5 Ways We Aren't Very Nice
My grandmother was a great matriarch but she was raised in an era where woman had to carve out their place in the world with scalpels...
Auditors of Reality
I write in third person omniscient. I've done that since my grandfather suggested that most writers use third person. To the point that I...