Are you obsessed with all the books in a series being the same size, format and style? I used to do different editions of my novels, one for Australia, which was slightly smaller, and one for international – but it was taking more than a month to redesign and re-edit into the new format –
Wishing everyone all the love, energy and inspiration of the new moon, and the solar eclipse, and the passion and power to begin whatever it is you’ve been longing to manifest into the world... May the coming month unfold with all the promise and potential you seek, and you work hard to make your dreams
Wishing all my friends in the south a magical, blessed Yule, and those in the north an inspiring, energising summer solstice. The winter solstice is about the re-emergence of light from the dark, so it is a celebration of the earth – and our – renewal. Symbolically and energetically it’s a time to honour your
It's been a crazy four days at the Mind Body Spirit Festival – not to mention a crazy night at the online launch I shared with Felicity Pulman – and I'm feeling a little drained. But I'm also so very grateful that I met so many lovely people, and sold so many books, and got
What is her name? Carlie (named for the goddess Kali) Parker. She’s the main character in Into the Mists and its sequels Into the Dark and Into the Light, and the story is told from her point of view… Is she a fictional/historical character? She’s fictional, although many of the rituals she takes part in
NEW RELEASES Exciting times! Last week the first copy of the Into the Mists Trilogy Hardcover Omnibus arrived, and it’s sooo beautiful And thick, and heavy But I love it! I have an exclusive preorder offer for it running at the moment, which includes a free copy of Into the Mists: A Journal or A
NEWS Today I’m so happy that the first copy of the hardcover omnibus edition of the Into the Mists Trilogy arrived. And I love it! It looks amazing! Even better than I’d hoped! :-) And I'm so grateful for all the lovely messages about it. Can't wait to launch it at the Mind Body Spirit
Samhain blessings to everyone in the southern hemisphere, and to those in the north, magical Beltane wishes… Samhain, the festival of the ancestors and the dead that marks the beginning of winter, falls in early May in the southern hemisphere and early November in the northern hemisphere – and on October 31 in popular culture,
Samhain, the festival of the Ancestors and the dead that marks the end of autumn and the beginning of winter, honours the Wheel of the Year as it turns towards the barrenness of the coldest season, in nature and in our lives, and is a time of withdrawal and withering. It is the third and
Beltane marks the first day of summer, and is representative of vitality, fertility and the energy of the sun, so its foods include luscious fruits like cherries and strawberries, green leaf, herb and flower petal salads, oat or barley cakes, dairy foods and honey. Mead, a type of honey wine, is popular, white wine, white
Thank you so so much to everyone who has sponsored me. Over the last two weeks I’ve undertaken three challenges to raise money for two great causes – and thanks to my lovely friends, I raised almost $800 between the two. Someone asked me why I take part in these events, and I guess the
No Excuses, No Regrets Originally written for inSpirit magazine... You get what you work for, not what you wish for. Are you ready to carve out the mental and emotional space to achieve your dreams? What is it that you most want to do? Which dream burns within you and makes your soul soar when
Had to laugh at one of our Camp NaNoWriMo pep talks today... “Too intimidated by the blank page? Just sneak up on your story. The first sentence can literally be "I have no idea what I want the first sentence of my story to be." (Once I started my novel with "I probably should have
Today Camp NaNoWriMo began. This is the second one I’ve done, and I decided to continue writing Rhiannon’s story, which I began last July during my first Camp NaNoWriMo. Camp is a little less stressful than November’s “proper” event, where the goal is 50,000 words in 30 days. For Camp you can choose your own
Without bees, we wouldn’t be here – of the 100 crops that provide 90 percent of the world’s food supply, 71 are pollinated by the humble bee – yet many countries still allow the use of bee-killing pesticides, and chemical companies sue anyone who tries to stop them. But there have been successes! France recently
Hello Story Queens subscribers! This month I'm offering the newsletter prize. I have a set of my Magic Series of books – Faery Magic, Mermaid Magic and Witchy Magic – to give away, either the paperback series for an Australian winner, or the ebook series for an international winner. For your chance to win, tell
Wishing all my friends in the south a magical Lughnasadh, and those in the north an enchanting and enchanted Imbolc… On this day of gratitude and thanksgiving, I am grateful for my love-filled life, and all the blessings I have – a loving hubby, close family and friends, clean water, good food, good health, a
Lughnasadh ~ Summer’s End Seasonal foods and herbs play a large part in witchy celebrations, so below are a few of the Lughnasadh recipes I experimented with for Witchy Magic. Lughnasadh marks the end of summer and the first harvest festival, and it has long been a time of feasting and of thanksgiving for the
Seasonal foods and herbs play a large part in witchy celebrations, so below are a few of the Imbolc recipes I experimented with for Witchy Magic. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Lemon Balm Bread Ingredients: ✩ ¾ cup milk ✩ 1 cup fresh lemon balm, plus 2 tblsps
This is a fascinating article by author Mark Manson, which is definitely worth a read… If I ask you, “What do you want out of life?” and you say something like, “I want to be happy and have a great family and a job I like,” it’s so ubiquitous that it doesn’t even mean anything.
