CHARACTERS– How to Create Memorable CHARACTERS

I’ve amped my characters to the max utilising individual Character Profiles to create characters that are memorable, believable, with a strong sensory impression. Last year, I trialed JOSH AND THE IT with a target audience of children at schools and libraries, and kids identified with Josh and the Super Space Kids straight away.

Where did […]

FEAR of Failure vs. FEAR of Success

A fierce battle is raging within … Am I good enough to be a writer? … Am I good enough to be published? … I’m on the brink of publishing with International Publishers considering ME AND HER: a Memoir of Madness and Kids Sci-Fi JOSH AND THE IT, but I fear they’ll reject me … […]

MAXimise the Networking Power of Linked |in|.

An International Publisher has requested ME AND HER: a Memoir of Madness , discovering me via Linked in. He is considering me right now for publication.

Linked |in|, professional networking platform has jump started my writing career, offering me amazing writing and publishing opportunities.

Last year Tim Sharp director of The Happiness Institute […]

PUBLISHED: My BIO and life-story in Bug in a Book Mag

WOOHOO! I’m bug eyed with bliss over my BIO and gutsy life story published in Bug in a Book children’s writing website this week … Thank you Angela Hall for your invitation to contribute to your eMag.

Bug in a Book celebrates children’s literature and features book reviews, author of the month, writing competitions, […]

Is Bipolar Disorder a DiVine Ability or a Disability?

Disability magazine, DiVine interviewed me about my fiction writing obsession and my (Dis) Ability … wanting to unveil the truth about the effect of bipolar on my writing.

Graham Clements, writer for DiVine magazine quizzed me with probing questions about my creativity and bipolar disorder.

Down through history, creative minds like Beethoven, Van Gough, Virginia […]

The Reporter Newspaper Quizzes my Decision

Christine Rossouw, journalist from The Reporter contacted me over my resignation from Logan Writers festival. How the heck did she get that information?

Ahh! … Then I recalled adding her colleague’s name to the Logan Writer’s contact list at the 2010 writers festival. That journalist has since resigned and her messages forwarded to Christine.

Now […]

Josh vs. Lord Terra … the Battle Begins

SQUEEE! … I’ve completed the final draft of Josh vs. Lord Terra, Book 2 of the Super Space Kids series.

“Lord Terra wages intergalactic war against Super Space Kids and Earth. Techno-savvy Josh must battle against Lord Terra to save human kind. But Josh is the king of cool at school … ‘Can’t somebody else […]

I’m a Winner … Almost!

WOOHOO! Last week I was Long Listed for 100 Stories for Queensland anthology. I couldn’t believe it! I danced around the office in raptures and did a winning lap around the house. I even wrote the ‘SQUEEE … Published Soon’ blog, ready to send out when the results came in.

Today I frantically checked the […]

Josh and the It # Take 2

YAY! I’ve amped JOSH AND THE IT to the MAX, completing a much improved version.

Last October an International Publisher requested JOSH AND THE IT, Book 1 of the Super Space Kids Series, and now she’s considering it for publication … incredible but true.

Why did I rewrite JOSH […]

Shh! The Birthday Fairy is Listening …

The birthday fairy and the publishing pixies are now working in cahoots … Yesterday I celebrated my birthday, anticipating what 2011 might bring. I squeezed my eyes shut, snuffed out my candles and wished with all my might … that my # number one birthday wish would become reality …

To publish … ME AND […]