May 2, 2015
Autumn Rain
Hooray, it’s raining! Things have come to a pretty pass when the only news an author has is that it’s finally raining on her parched […]
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Summer Break
Summer is over. Sob. It’s my favourite season, even when, as has just happened, the temperature gets to 40ºC (104ºF) for a few days.
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Wheezing through!
If anyone reading this has met me this year, at any time, at any function, and if you can recall that I was in perfect […]
read hereOctober 20, 2014
Illness, wellness, and travel in between
A big hello to Joyce McCauley in Dallas, Texas, the one person in the world who reads my blog! Just teasing. And anyone who reads Who Weekly will have noticed the exciting fact that Possum Magic hit the front cover on Oct 6th.
read hereAugust 14, 2014
Books, Sheep and Mended Hearts.
Every time I come to this blog I think I’ll have nothing to say, as my next book isn’t due out until the end of […]
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From the sublime to ridiculous in a couple of weeks
June disappeared, just like that! Sorry! It was similar to crossing the international date line to and from Australia: on the way over to the […]
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Lovely surprises
I like a surprise or two. They keep life spicy. An early and exciting surprise this last month (April) was having my latest book, Baby […]
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Ups and Downs
A few days ago, on March 31st, POSSUM MAGIC turned 31. The older I become the weirder it feels to be the author of this […]
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Festivals, elections, birthdays, and life in general
Hello again! This month’s stories-to-hear are: HARRIET YOU’LL DRIVE ME WILD, POSSUM MAGIC, and GOODNIGHT, SLEEP TIGHT! But don’t forget that if you want to hear […]
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And so the year begins…
I’ve just looked at the title of this blog (I edit as I go along) and I know that people who know nothing about writing […]
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Eating Spiders in New Year
Happy New Year everyone! I hope I live to see the next one. I have eaten a couple of spiders, perhaps even more, in the […]
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Baby Bedtime sends me to sleep
This month’s audio stories are Baby Bedtime (I know it’s its second month on the playlist but it’s so new it’s as demanding as a […]
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