How to be Media Savvy

I’m learning fast how to be Media Savvy and secure the best coverage for an Event. I’m promoting Logan Writers Week 11th to 16th October as widely as I can, utilizing FREE services

Local newspapers, local radio, eNewsletters and FREE websites.

Here’s my #7 Hot Tips in getting the word out about your Event. […]

October 4th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Updates | 15 comments

Panel of Crime Writers

Logan City Writers are taking on the world … word by word. Next Saturday four Logan Crime Writers will chat on a panel about their inspiration in writing their latest Crime Stories and divulge their secrets on sleuthing.

Four diverse writers will thrill you with their unique way of serving up crime …

September 26th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Blog Tour, Updates | 10 comments

FUNDED! Logan Writers Week

YAY! Logan City Council will now fund Logan Writers Week, 11th to 16th of October. Which means I can pay for newspaper advertising, Guest speaker Doctor David Reiter of Interactive Publications, 14 Logan writers and 3 illustrators … and the other costs involved in organising a writers festival.

In April, I applied for an Arts […]

September 20th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Updates | 13 comments

WooHoo! Logan Writers Week!

WooHoo! Its official … Logan Writers Week will go ahead between the 11th to 16th of October at Logan City Libraries and Angus and Robertson Hyperdome Bookstore. It’ll be a week long celebration of the amazing literary talent in Logan City.

In March, I created Logan City Writers collective and dreamed I could organise Logan […]

September 7th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Updates | 20 comments

My Exposé Interview

This Exposé guarantees to get to the crux of ME AND HER: a Memoir of Madness. Jamie Huntsman Coulter, American social media manager, mental health advocate and creator of ‘Rambling Thoughts of a Bipolar‘ interviewed me on her Facebook page. Jamie posed gritty questions, aiming to get to the heart of my illness, my creativity […]

July 15th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Books | 14 comments

Open Sesame

Yesterday morning a door SLAMMED in my face … several tears followed.

In the afternoon my Secret Genie cast a spell … a Double-Door FLUNG OPEN, offering bigger opportunities.

Someone from the Mental Health Association Queensland rang me, inquiring about my writing expertise and how we might help each other. First up, they asked me […]

July 1st, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Books | 23 comments

RADF Showcase

Guess what? Yesterday, I received a surprising call from Logan City Council. “We’ve selected you to be a ‘Featured Artist’ at the RADF showcase on the 31st July at Logan Art Gallery.” I fell into my chair. Unbelievable!

Chelsi explained … “The RADF Showcase is a Celebration of Logan creative artists who received a Regional […]

June 6th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: Updates | 20 comments

Left Brain, Right Brain

In a former life, I slaved as a teacher, a radiographer and a bank Johnny. Very left-brain ho-hum.

I now exercise my right brain, writing stories, living out fantasies through my characters. Some days, I’m Josh – Super Space Kid capturing space monsters and saving the Galaxy – in my kids Sci-Fi novel, Josh and […]

April 27th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: Updates | 9 comments

Logan Writers Week

YES, I’ve plunged into the Deep End. I’m organizing a writers festival … Logan Writers Week between the the 10th and 16th of October, in partnership with Logan City Libraries. Guest Speakers, Workshops, book launches, book signings, writer’s panels, author talks, and Meet your Local Writer Day are just a few of the events being […]

April 20th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Updates | 18 comments
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