My NEXT book is coming soon!!

WOOHOO! My mental health picture book for KIDS will be launching soon.

I’ve collaborated with a super talented children’s illustrator to create a picture book empowering children, families and classrooms.

I’m so excited I could burst!!

My personal story…

As a school teacher, parents repeatedly harassed me until I could take no more.

I developed […]

June 17th, 2013 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Books, Updates, Writing | 15 comments

How to Present *Imaginative* Writing Workshops to Schools

photo renjith krishnan

BLAST OFF … Kids created the most *imaginative* stories at my Writing Workshop yesterday. How did I unleash the Power of […]

September 16th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Blog Tour, Updates, Writing | 12 comments

How to write and present a Kids Writing Workshop

BLAST OFF! Yesterday Kingston State School launched me as a teacher-writer-presenter at TWO writing sessions for kids. JOSH AND THE IT made a special appearance, zooming in from outer space. His alter ego (Karen Tyrrell), introduced the two main characters from the kids sci-fi story. JOSH, the super hero and the IT, his alien nemesis, […]

June 23rd, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: Updates, Writing | 8 comments