Tag: fiction

  • ‘Lady Loveday Investigates’ is shortlisted for the Scarlet Stiletto Awards

    ‘Lady Loveday Investigates’ is shortlisted for the Scarlet Stiletto Awards

    I’m over the moon to announce that my short story, ‘Lady Loveday Investigates’ has been shortlisted for the Scarlet Stiletto Awards. The Scarlet Stiletto Awards are run by Sisters in Crime for Australian female crime authors, and there’s almost $10K in prizes up for grabs. 

  • The Best Books I Read in 2017

    The Best Books I Read in 2017

    Each year I sum up the wonderful books I’ve read over twelve months. They’re not necessarily published in 2017, but I like to share what I’ve been reading. My tastes generally run to genre fiction, especially noir and weird fiction.

  • Sometimes it’s hard to keep writing. Then there are weeks like this.

    Sometimes it’s hard to keep writing. Then there are weeks like this.

    It’s a hard slog being a writer. No matter what form you practice, rejection becomes a part of life. You’re constantly slapped in the face with your apparent failures (I say apparent because most rejections are not personal, but it’s hard not to take it personally). 

  • The Best Genre Books I read in 2016

    The Best Genre Books I read in 2016

    Each year I take some time to reflect on the books I’ve read throughout the year. I read 67 books in 2016, which is a recent record for me. You can see almost all of them on Goodreads, but I wanted to highlight some of the special ones in my unofficial awards below. These books are…

  • A Year of Good Reading

    A Year of Good Reading

    Each year I choose a classic author to read the entire works of, which I have dubbed my “Year of Good Reading” challenge. In the last year I read my way through the complete works of Jane Austen, although I still have Persuasion to read. But I enjoy being able to say that I’ve read most…

  • How to do NaNoWriMo (badly)

    How to do NaNoWriMo (badly)

    This November I am attempting the marathon of novelization, otherwise known as NaNoWriMo. For the uninitiated, NaNoWriMo is where you try to write 50,000 words in the month of November. It’s short for National Novel Writing Month. Founded in 1999, it is now an international happening forcing writers across the globe to get their letters in…