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 to succeed in LIFE despite yourself: Kate Toon’s sage advice
Yes, okay. I know that’s not the actual name of the book up there in the page title. It’s actually a book about being an entrepreneur. Except that I really enjoyed Kate Toon’s Confessions of a Misfit Entrepreneur: How to succeed in business despite yourself and I’m not actually an entrepreneur. I love Kate Toon’s copywriting […]
How to be a writer when you don’t want to write literary fiction
I’ve done pretty much every kind of writing there is, apart from features writing and underwriting. My current day job is digital strategy and web content writing – I translate complex technical concepts into plain English and make sure people can find them when they search in Google. I’ve also done copywriting, article writing, fiction […]
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. […]
