It’s been 10 days since my first novel, Maternal Instinct, was released into the world. There’s been a book launch event to celebrate, I’ve spoken at a conference in Canberra about it, I’ve done a podcast interview and 4 online interviews. Maternal Instinct has received 41 reviews and 56 ratings on Goodreads, 33 reviews on Netgalley […]
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Kickstarter mid-point update: 70% funded, 14 days to go!
14 days ago I launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise the funds needed to publish my debut novel, Maternal Instinct. In those short 14 days, $3,537 has been raised by 49 backers! I have been well and truly overwhelmed by your support, thank you so much. We’re halfway there Just 14 days and $1,463 to […]
How I built Maternal Instinct’s fictional world – world building in fiction
This is a post about the making of Maternal Instinct, a dystopian novel published on 7 October 2019. Find out more about Maternal Instinct: A Novel here. I write speculative fiction, which means I build fictional worlds that aren’t quite like the world we live in. Spec fic worlds can be completely different – dragons […]
My manuscript is going to the London Book Fair! – #LBF17
The 46th London Book Fair starts today. 25,000 publishing professionals from 124 countries are meeting in London to talk about books and my manuscript is going to be there. Publishers from dozens of countries (okay, so maybe not all 124 of them) are going to be talking about my novel, Maternal Instinct. I may be just a tiny bit excited. […]
7 things I’ve learned about signing with a literary agent
Two months ago I finished re-drafting Maternal Instinct – the working title of my first novel – and started to research publishers and agents in Australia. Last week I signed an agreement with FinePrint Literary Management – a literary agent in New York – to represent my novel to publishers worldwide. It’s not been a particularly conventional journey. Here’s how […]
The thoroughly depressing job of editing your very first first draft
This is a post about the making of Maternal Instinct, a dystopian novel published on 7 October 2019. Find out more about Maternal Instinct: A Novel here. No, that’s not a typo in the heading. I’ve finished my first draft of my first novel, so technically it’s my first first draft. I’d overcommitted myself (again) […]
