The end of 2024 went by so fast and I can hardly believe we are 15 days into 2025 already! 2024 was a tough year. It was a year of change and rebuilding. It was also an emotionally and mentally challenging year. There were some failures, but also some wins. Blogging: I wanted to get … More 2024 End of Year Wrap Up!
Publisher: Rhiza Edge. Release Date: March 1st, 2021. Source: Purchsed. Category: YA, fantasy and sci-fi short story anthology. Synopsis from Goodreads: A handsome clockmaker fixes a broken time machine to help a cursed lady. A young scientist betrays his people to protect an alien species. A girl bonds with her new technological helper and sees … More #AussieYAChallenge 6: Crossed Spaces edited by Lynne Stringer and R.A.Stephens.
Hey Everyone, Life was hectic last week, which always seems the case when I’m working to a deadline. Last week I was focusing on two projects. First, a short story for a comp closing today. I did a final edit of it today and sent it away. Fingers crossed. I have also been working on … More A Writerly Update 77.
Hi Everyone, In case you missed my quick update, I lost internet over the last 3 days so I’m a bit behind on posts. I have 3 reviews I need to get up plus my regular posts. I had internet for almost a whole week so I thought it was fixed, but then it died … More A Writerly Update 71.
“You learn by writing short stories. Keep writing short stories. The money’s in novels, but writing short stories keeps your writing lean and pointed.” – Larry Niven As a short story writer I have to agree with this one. I find short stories are tough to write and teach you a lot about writing, especially … More Writing Quote Wednesday.
Hey Everyone, Today’s update is going to be short as I was unwell for most of the week and didn’t get much writing done. The only thing I have been able to work on is the next installment of the serial I started on my blog last week – The Amberly Chronicles. Episode two will … More A Writerly Update 45.
Hey Everyone, I haven’t done a whole lot of writing this week but I have been doing writing related stuff. I have decided to enter Pitch Wars with my YA epic fantasy. Pitch Wars has to be one of the best competitions around. The first round is the mentor round. 75 mentors pick one entry, … More A Writerly Update 44.
Sorry I haven’t updated my Open Submissions page in so long. The good news is that I have updated it now. Here are the new places to submit your stories to that I added: 1) White Ribbon Writing Competition – Australia Only. From the website: Break the Silence and open up. This writing competition is … More New Places To Submit.
Hi Everyone, Sorry this is a day late, but I was writing into the night last night and this post slipped my mind. As I’ve told you, I am participating in the 50k in 30 days challenge organised by the Romance Writers Of Australia. Writing 50k in 30 days is so much harder than I … More A Writerly Update 36.
Hi everyone, and welcome to this week’s writerly update. Unfortunately I was unable to write for the first three days of this week, but I did get some writing done on the rest of the days. I did a first draft of a picture book that I feel has real potential. I knocked out a … More A Writerly Update 32.