Over the Queen’s birthday weekend, I’ll be at the Continuum Science Fiction Convention in Melbourne. I'm on the panels for Stranger Things (The Upside Down) [Friday at 5pm], the Art and Science of Publishing [Saturday 9am], and Westworld [Saturday at 6pm]. Continuum is at The Jasper Hotel, 489 Elizabeth St, Melbourne VIC 3000. 5pm-9.30pm Friday,... Continue Reading →

A month ago I had my first radio interview. It was nerve-racking, but a lot of fun. Today I had my second interview - this time on radio 3wbc (94.4fm). The host, Barry, gave me no indication of what he was going to ask as, in his words, he likes to 'play it by ear'... Continue Reading →

I was recently interviewed on 3SER radio by Henry Grossek. You can hear me discuss my novel Incite Insight and publishing here. The other part of the interview deals with my experience in education. It can be heard here. Apparently I have a great face for radio as I have also been invited to appear... Continue Reading →

Promoting a book you’ve already written is a great distraction from the one you should be sitting down and writing. To this end, I spent yesterday evening recording my first radio interview as an author. One of Tale Publishing’s authors was featured on the show a few weeks ago and with the contact established, I... Continue Reading →

Lots has been happening in my writing world. Last year I sold a story to The Gandhi Experiment for use as part of a lesson plan for teachers. There are many interesting lessons you can get from this site and many are free. My editor has given me her edits on the first half of... Continue Reading →

Thanks to thebentonet.com.au and Ashfield Library, I've had my first media interview published. The full interview is below and you can obtain a copy of the Ashfield Gazette here. The gazette contains interviews with other authors such as Tracy Joyce (who I had the pleasure of being on a panel with at the Continuum Convention... Continue Reading →

When I was at the Continuum (Speculative Fiction) Convention in June, promoting my novel Incite Insight, I was on a panel with Steve Cameron, who by everyone's measure was a successful writer. He'd had about 30 stories, scripts and articles published, had great reviews, won some major awards and been shortlisted for others. He'd been... Continue Reading →

I recently entered Incite Insight into a competition. In order to enter, I had to list all the marketing for the book. When I wrote it all down, I was surprised at how much had been done: - Book launch at Readings Bookstore (+inclusion in their catalogue and display window at store). - Paid inclusion... Continue Reading →

Just under two years ago, I knew no one who had published a novel. I wanted to improve my writing and publishing contacts so I joined Writers Victoria and the Monash Writers' Group. One of the Monash Writers, Katherina Fares had a book launch for her novel View from a Barred Window last weekend, which... Continue Reading →