Happy New Year! Wishing everyone a wonderful 2015, full of love, joy, adventure and magic. Make this the year you dare to go after your dreams! Dream big, take chances, risk everything, learn from so-called failure and push yourself out of your comfort zone, because that’s where results are made, where happiness lives, where magic
Tonight I am grateful for a beautiful night with my hubby, dreaming a new year into being, celebrating a year just gone, and being happy to just be together and exist in the moment. I’m happy that I did three workouts today (they were only 30 minutes each)… and glad that PiYo is almost over.
Today is the summer solstice, the longest day of the year and the shortest night, and the moment that the sun halts its journey southward and stands still, before turning back and heading towards the north. (Of course it’s not really the sun doing the moving, it’s us and our position relative to the sun,
Australian author Felicity Pulman’s latest book is I, Morgana, a beautifully written story about King Arthur’s half-sister, a woman loved and loathed in equal measure. Just as exciting for readers, a reworked version of her brilliant six-book medieval crime/romance series The Janna Mysteries, about the daughter of a herbwife and healer being trained in the
Author Sophie Masson is the award-winning author of numerous novels for children and adults, on such diverse topics as Ned Kelly, Shakespeare, Marie of France, and other novels set in France and drawing on Sophie’s French heritage. Her latest series, Trinity, is set in Russia, and book one, The Koldun Code, has just been published.
With thanks... November 2014... I am grateful for a day and a night with Jillian, hanging with my workout buddy, the magic of creating a novel during NaNoWriMo, and all the cups of tea Juz made me while I wrote... With thanks… Saturday November 1… RushFit day 41… Fitness Challenge and NaNoWriMo (1050 words) day
Australian author Felicity Pulman’s latest book is I, Morgana, a beautifully written story about King Arthur’s half-sister, a woman loved and loathed in equal measure. Last night she was awarded a fellowship to spend three months in England to write and research the much-anticipated sequel. Just as exciting for readers, a reworked version of her
I was interviewed recently about Into the Mists, about the importance of the mists to the story, as well as the importance of the two black cats, and lots of other interesting questions… Below are a few of the questions and answers, and you can read the full interview here. Into the Mists is a
A fascinating blog post from author Anne R Allen, who not only survived bad reviews from the Amazon bullies – she got a huge sales lift. Thanks Mean Girls! Read the full blog post here. All successful authors get terrible reviews. Every. Single. One. Here’s a hilarious sampler of one-star Amazon reviews of classics from
I was interviewed by Canadian writer Dianna L. Gunn about NaNoWriMo recently, for the first of her Author Spotlight articles to celebrate the upcoming NaNoWriMo. She found me on the NaNoWriMo site on the list of participants who’d had some of their NaNoWriMo books published… You can read the full interview here, as well as
A very sad story today – less than 20 per cent of teenagers read books😦 Read the full story here. Margaret Merga, who interviewed the students as part of her PhD studies at Edith Cowan University, said reading books not only helped teens get better results at school but also boosted their chances of getting
There’s an interesting article about indie publishing at Publishers Weekly. Read the full story here. New York Times bestselling author Eileen Goudge has written 32 novels, sold millions of copies, and been translated into 22 languages. But you won’t find her next novel in a publisher’s catalog: she’s doing it herself. Back in 1989, Goudge
Less than four weeks til NaNoWriMo starts (yikes – it gave me a bit of a shock writing that!)… Here’s an interesting interview with author Sophie Kinsella from the BBC, about her tips for writing – and finishing – a book. It’s different for everyone, but some might inspire you – and some might even
Reinventing Publishing – PW Talks with Author Claire Cook. Claire Cook, bestselling author of Must Love Dogs, recently made the transition from traditional publishing to self-publishing, choosing to leave her big-five house and agent. Her new self-published book, Never Too Late: Your Roadmap to Reinvention, is a candid and humorous look at Cook’s journey in
Traditional Publishers Have Let Me Down For The Last Time… Tom Douglas Traditional publishing? Been there, done that, got the heartache! I started my book publishing career a dozen years ago at BookLocker.com, which is not a traditional publisher. So successful was Some Sunny Day – an account of family life when my father returned
I was so touched to discover that a book club was reading Into the Mists, and blown away when they sent me their beautiful reviews with their orders for Into the Dark… xx Natasha: We just loved the book as a group, and the general feeling was that it was such a lovely story and
The Truth About Witches Woman's Day – national weekly magazine Witches honour nature as sacred, recognise the masculine and feminine side of god and do rituals and spells to empower, help and heal. It is the fastest growing religion in Australia – but still the most misunderstood. By Serene Conneeley. Myth: You can tell a
With thanks... August 2014 I am grateful for a weekend with a dear friend, for Pauline Nordin, for all those who sponsored us in the 40 Hour Famine, for fun times at the Festival of Dreams, for book sales at Book Expo, and to my sweet husbee for all his amazing help... With thanks… Friday
Magical Rituals in Brasil Spheres – national spiritual magazine Brasil is the fifth biggest country in the world, covering a large chunk of South America, and an ancient, primal form of spirituality still thrives there. When most people think of Brasil, they picture colourful Mardi Gras parades and gorgeous girls in g-strings on endless stretches
When I was in Scotland late last year, an English journalist emailed me to request an interview, and to review Seven Sacred Sites. My mum sent off a copy of the book for me, and we emailed back and forth quite a bit, and I later sent my other books for review as well. I