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Tuesday, October 28, 2014

New Page On The Great Raven(and an update)

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Okay, firstly, I've updated the page on the side where it tells you where you can get my books . Now that Crime Time is available in e...
Monday, October 27, 2014

Newest Ford Street Event

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If you live in Melbourne and want to hear a couple of great Aussie children's writers/artists, I just got this from my lovely publisher,...
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Jenny Mounfield Is Interviewed By Alanah, Gea, Mady, Chloe, Hope, Zoe,Deetroyt and Eric

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If you've followed this blog long enough, you will know that I am sometimes able to offer our English students the opportunity to inte...
Saturday, October 25, 2014

Getting In Touch With Well Known Writers In The Days After Snail Mail

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Many, many years ago, when the Internet was unknown, I found a wonderful book directory to children's writers. Many of the bios featured...
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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Stalking Book Bloggers

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Yesterday I tried to make a comment on a blog I enjoy, the cheerful YA Yeah Yeah, published by Jim, a gentleman who likes YA mainstream fi...
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Saturday, October 18, 2014

Of Grammar And Communication

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There was an article on grammar in yesterday's Melbourne newspaper, the Age - no point  putting in a link as you have to be a subscri...
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Friday, October 17, 2014

Look What I Got! My Contributor's Copy!

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Look what I have just picked up from the PO! Isn't it lovely? My first sale for the year(so far my only - still waiting to hear...

Bloggers Like Me And Marketing Companies

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I have had three inquiries in the last two days from marketers paid by "indy" writers to organise blog tours for them. I've ...
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Monday, September 29, 2014

On This Day: September 30 Meme

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What happened: Lots of battles! Too many, in my opinion. Never mind 1399: Henry IV, the subject of a lot of literature(Three plays by S...
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Sunday, September 28, 2014

Vale Eugie Foster! (Reposted from the ASIM blog)

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In yesterday's ASIM list, I read the sad news below. I posted it to the official ASIM blog, but thought it might also be worth posting ...
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Friday, September 26, 2014

On This Day: September 27: A Birthday Meme For Jonah!

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Today is my great-nephew Jonah's third birthday. When he was born, I couldn't get the "Jonah-Man Jazz" out of my head and ...
Thursday, September 25, 2014

To Kill A Mockingbird Now Digital!

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And I have bought it from iBooks! I was thinking about what I might read for Banned Books Week before it's quite over when I suddenly...
Wednesday, September 24, 2014

ASIM 60 Is Now Up!

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Okay, Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #60, the issue I edited, has actually been out since June, when we took it to Continuum 10...
Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Marianne De Pierres - Spec Fic Masterclass In Melbourne And Geelong

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I have only just heard about this from someone on the Andromeda Spaceways list. If you write speculative fiction or have ambitions in that ...
Sunday, September 21, 2014

Vale Notions Unlimited!

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Years ago, I used to go regularly to my favourite SF bookshop, Space Age, where I bought some of the books that are among my most prized po...
Saturday, September 20, 2014

This Weeks Downloads, Especially Freebies!

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It's amazing what you can get free, legally , on the Internet's book sites. Would you believe there are items on Project Gutenberg ...
Friday, September 19, 2014

On This Day: A September 20 Birthday Meme

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For me, in the Southern Hemisphere, it's September 20, though Blogger, a Northern Hemisphere program, will stick September 19 above th...
Saturday, September 13, 2014

Crime Time Is Now An Ebook!

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This evening I had an email from my publisher, Paul Collins of Ford Street Publishing, to say that you can now buy Crime Time:Austra...
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Sunday, September 07, 2014

This Week's Book Downloads!

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Four this week. I downloaded Anh Do's The Happiest Refugee because my school is considering replacing Deadly Unna, which has been the ...
Friday, August 29, 2014

Re-reading Now...The Songkiller Saga

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Here I am, in the middle of the Aurealis judging and I'm re-reading. I have read as far as I can with the books I have - I won't re...