I’ve had a lot of comments from family and friends about how I “never seem to rest”. I get home from work and within an hour I’m proof-reading, editing, blogging or planning. When people ask how things are, I talk …
Time to Write
All the books on writing suggest waking an hour early to write. Although I’m a “morning person”, meaning that once I’m awake, I tend to stay awake and get my best work done in the early part of the day, …
Blending Stories
When I wrote Wings of Skell (now Planes Shifter) in January 2012, it was a story of a girl who, befriended by a bird of prey, poses as a falconer, enrols as an assassin and wants to get home to …
A New Perspective on Publishing Credits
When I created this website, I had done a lot of reading around “publishing credits“, and felt the self-inflicted pressure to get myself published, including writing things that I didn’t really enjoy. Aside from the short pieces I’ve attempted to …
Reading as I Write
When I was in school, I’d read two books a week. I loved reading, and my first memory of school is still being told I could only read the books with the gold sticker on them. When I read one …
“Time and Again” by Kyeli Smith and Ellie Di Julio – A Review
On Friday I picked up a presale copy of Time and Again by Kyeli Smith and Ellie Di Julio. Having read Ellie’s last book, INKCHANGER, I couldn’t wait to see what the pair had come up with this time. “You must …