It’s been a packed fortnight since I last posted. We farewelled September and the Victorian third term school holidays, and ushered in another round of Daylight Savings. My second daughter turned 17 (🤯), I filled my vehicle with the most expensive diesel I’ve paid to date, and I completed my manuscript for the fourth and […]
I’ve hidden in my writing cave the past few weeks, focused on completing the last book in The Tellarine Series—which I hope to release before Christmas—so I’ve not read much fiction recently. Tragic, I know. The reading part, not the writing part. 😉 But, fear not! The few books I read in August and September […]
Pepper Basham released a new book, Positively, Penelope, last week, and I experienced the joy of reading her delightful novel. I also experienced the “joy” of reliving my 1998 VCE results. Miss E is in her final year of secondary school, so she and I dug out my results… just because. Yeah, I’m one of […]
This morning I woke to a biting chill, thanked God for technology, and defrosted my family with the click of a mobile app. Yep, winter is here. For those living across the globe, enjoy your summer. But while you do, remember me, swaddled in layers of clothing, emitting cloudy white dragon breaths. I promise I’ll […]
I spent most of last week reading novels and snuggling my youngest on the couch… and doing not much else. This happens when I sound like a frog (or Batman, according to Miss E) and produce more mucus than a snot sea cucumber. Gross, but true. Miss J had been ill the week before and […]
Today’s post is a little different from my usual book reviews and writing updates. Although I’ve blogged here since October 2021, many of you wonderful readers have only followed me in recent months, so I thought a “Fun Facts” post would be… well, fun. Since nine is my favourite number (a bonus fun fact for […]
