What brings your work to life is the capacity to create an atmosphere in which you can lose yourself: the sort of atmosphere that makes...

Where do ideas come from? How do we develop them? Do characters shape plot, or does the plot shape the character? How do we make dialogue...

I have just released the first podcast in my new series on aspect of writing fiction. I hear so many people say ‘Oh, I’d love to write a...

The process of creating my novels always includes music; I compose, record, edit, and publish songs which reflect elements of the story....

Last week I decided I was becoming stale – the worst obstacle to creativity after writer’s block. Having blitzed Children of the Vines...

After more than a year of consistent hard work, I've finished Book 2 of The Children of Myth trilogy. Children of the Vines is ready to...

Writing, in common with most art forms, is a combination of technique, endless hard work, occasional inspiration, and alchemy. Nobody...

This morning, armed with my favourite pen and a carton of books, I sallied forth to meet with a local book group, in preparation for a...

Having released my novel, Children of the Gods, I am now the grateful recipient of comments from readers. Happily, they are mostly very...

The first launch took place on Friday 18th May in Sydney. The next will be in the Blue Mountains on Sunday 17th June, with more planned...