Years ago, when I was on maternity leave before I had my daughter, I wrote half a book. It was fun. It was a mess, and I skipped from the first third of the book straight to the last third, as I was wont to do in those days, but it was a FUN mess. […]
Coming March 17: Trust Issues Read More »
Er, surprise? Oops? I realised last week that I had a story I could release in March so I could have a first quarter release, and here we are? O:) Pretty happy with this one. It came together relatively easily once I found the right stock photos 🙂 Tune in tomorrow to learn what the
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Someone showed this instrumental music video at school today. Much love. Enjoy. I hope you have a peaceful weekend in the truest sense of peace, regardless of what may actually happen. <3 <3 Read more:Made-It Monday: ALPACA!New Inklet: Nature vs NurtureThat Perfect Girl Is Gone (But We Have THE BEST Disney Mashup To Console Us)
Yay!!!! THE FOX BOOK IS DONE!!!!!!!! Yes, all the exclamation marks are warranted, TRUST ME. Six years ago, Mina saved a fox in the bush. As thunder growled and lightning flashed, she thought she saw… something. Now, as graduation draws near and Mina plots her escape from backcountry Jilamatang to big-city Sydney, the town trembles.
A Fox Of Storms And Starlight Available For Preorder Read More »
Behold, cake! It’s been a while since I caked last (I’m taking on significantly fewer cake projects this year, both because of the probable-celiac diagnosis and because sanity, I hear, is a Thing), but it was super fun working on this gorgeous birthday cake this weekend. The brief was two-tier in teal, pink and gold.
Made-It Monday: CAKE!! Read More »
I’ve been kind of binge watching art videos this last week, I’ll be honest. I mentioned on Monday that I’ve really been missing making physical art in the last year or two. I used to draw A LOT in high school (in years 11 and 12, I carried a sketch book around with my notebook
Colour Theory Like Whoa Read More »
The bad news: it takes a long time to build a career as a writer. The good news: you only need to commit to three things to ‘make it’. Keep writing. Keep learning about writing to improve your craft. Keep getting your work out to readers (preferably for sale, if your goal is a financially
How To Be A Writer Read More »
Yay! We are back in the swing of things with the first Made-It Monday of the year! I *have* been making things in Jan/Feb, of course; they just weren’t particularly photographable or shareable. No one wants to see a spreadsheet as a Made-It Monday, for example, no matter how beautiful it is 😀 But! Today!
Made-It Monday: Quick Horsey Digital Sketch Read More »
Recently discovered that the new work laptops convert to a tablet, AND they have photoshop installed, AND they come with a stylus. Cue my lifelong (or at least, internet-long) desire to learn to paint digitally. I used to draw in high school, and I’ve been missing that the last little while–part of the reason why
Friday Fun: Digital Painting Read More »
Some of my proof readers for A Fox Of Storms And Starlight are both not Australian, and not familiar with the way Australians talk about trees, both singularly and collectively. So I wrote this note to go in the front of the book, and because it amused me, I thought I’d share 😀 A Note
On Australian Linguistics For Non-Australians Read More »
