Hi All,I’m super excited to announce that CECILIA has won two Literary Classics Awards:- GOLD for Best Adventure- SILVER for Best FantasyMay 9th – 12th, 2019, I’ll be attending a writers’ conference, awards ceremony, formal gala, and will be hos…
Hi All,The audiobook for CECILIA is currently underway. We expect the release sometime early November. The auditioning process was difficult – so many talented narrators out there.One piece of advice I will give to any would-be narrator, don’t j…
Hi All,A week after embarking on my Vegan adventure, I experienced a sudden bout of dizziness and muscle pain. A brief Google search revealed a possible cause – Dairy Detox. I had no idea that such a thing existed. I’ve gone off coffee before an…
Hi All,It has been a long time since my last blog. For the past two months, I was back in Sydney for a two-fold purpose: Mum had a total knee replacement and I came back to help, & I took the time to finish my second novel, “Making Friends W…
Some pretty great news arrived the yesterday. My novel, Cecilia, received the Literary Classics Seal of Approval.Literary Classics writes that the CLC Seal of Approval is a designation reserved for those books which uphold the rigorous criteria …
My blog post is supposed to go up every Friday. The reason I missed posting the last couple of Fridays was that I was in two minds as to whether or not I should post what I had written about. The piece was titled: “The Dark Side To Hollywood’s G…
If the art of receiving feedback is a skill level akin to a preschooler’s coloring book, then giving feedback is up there with Leonardo da Vinci.When receiving feedback, first and foremost, all one need do is shut the hell up and listen. In othe…
If passive voice were a crime punishable by death, I’d be long gone of this world.As I embarked upon my first novel, I hit upon the terms: active and passive voice. After abundant research, I thought I had it all figured out. Boy, was I wrong.I …
When people find out that I’m an author, one of the most common responses I get is: “I’ve always wanted to write a story too. I have this great idea, I just don’t know where to start.”Undoubtedly, starting is always the hardest. Many agents and …
Activities which I consider mundane – cooking, folding the laundry, exercising – are like medicine and tend to go down easier with a spoonful of sugar. The sugar I gravitate to is easy to watch films, usually in the comedy vein.My go to favorite…