Category: Writing

And we’re back!

The husband and I have just spent most of the past week at my parents’ place, a lovely property about 45mins outside of Tamworth in NSW. I have pictures – some of them involve fire! – and will update soon but at the moment my traditional ‘returning to the horrible dirty crowded city’ let-down has …

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A little short story in a big wide world

Wordwitch has sold to A Fly in Amber, and will be the feature story for their July issue. This story had a rough start to life, so I’m really pleased to see it taking steps into the big wide world out there. Wish it luck, and I’ll let you know when it comes online!

The joy of rewrites

Chapter six is fighting me. I’m not sure what it is but something isn’t quite right. It has new characters, new magic, conflict, mc pushing herself too far, mc making mistakes and not making very many friends. But still, it’s not sitting well. A case of talking-heads syndrome, perhaps? Either way, it’s a job for …

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Oh look! An exciting opportunity to vote!

*cough* Sooo, if anyone feels they would like to vote for a story by yours truly, please, don’t let me hold you back! Just pop over to Niteblade. My story, ‘Demons and Gin’ eagerly awaits your support 🙂 /rare self-promotional broadcast.

Whew!

Some stories are emotional to write. Or maybe more emotional than others? You’d rather hope every story had some kind of emotion… What I mean is some stories take more out of you when you’re throwing them down on the page. I just finished the first draft of a short story and that, let me …

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