Lily pond lagoon, images and sound

In recent months, I have been coaching a number of writers who are producing their first books. It's rewarding work, especially when we...

A landscape with a mountain range, Of cloudy sky and towering trees Reflected in a lake of pearl: A world within a cockle shell

In this, the final episode, I discuss the writer's voice – the distinctive form of expression which makes a writer's work unique to the...

Having just returned from ten days on the Coffs coast and in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, I’m now reflecting on the...

Children of the Gods , the first book in my trilogy: The Children of Myth., is a psychological drama of exploitation, betrayal, love, and...

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...

Today was the Winter Solstice, and the morning began all drizzly grey and cold, here in Sydney. This afternoon, the sun removed its veil...

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

Wanting to write, intending to write, finding it difficult to write! I keep telling myself that social isolation is the perfect...

At last! The rains have come to New South Wales, drowning the bushfires and bringing some relief to our farmers who have suffered cruelly...

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...

As I work on 'Children of the Vines', the second novel in the trilogy, 'The Children of Myth', I've been revisiting the photographs I...

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

It's only to be expected, of course. Once the feverish activity of publication, marketing, and promotion are out of the way, it's...

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