Category Archives: Blog
I generally avoid reading reviews of my works, because they make me feel self-conscious and that makes it harder to concentrate when Iām trying to write. But, occasionally, I do read one ā most of the time because someone points me to it. And every now and then I read something that makes me think.… {read more}
Iām now home from Melbourne, where I attended one of three Oz ComicCons, and had an absolute blast. Iād like to thank the Collins St Dymocks, who hosted the stall where I spent most of my time and signed a lot of books ā more than we expected, since we sold out of copies of… {read more}
Did I mention that I love Skyrim? Well, I do. And today, since the weather is absolutely foul, I took some time out to do some baking and made… this! (Dagger added for scale/authenticity/cutting it up) I used this recipe here, and it turned out very tasty. I also briefly considered putting an “arrow in… {read more}
All right, as promised in my last post, it’s time to share an extract from my new project! Unfortunately it’s too long to post here without it being incredibly cumbersome, so if you’re interested you can see it here on my LiveJournal instead. But you can comment here if you like. I hope you like… {read more}
Today, here in Australia, it’s Mother’s Day – possibly an adaptation of a British religious festival dedicated to the Virgin Mary, or possibly a feminist creation taken over by the greeting cards industry. Either way, in my opinion it’s both good and right to have a day to celebrate one of the most important people… {read more}
Hi everyone. I’m afraid you’ve missed out on a long, slightly rambly post about Understanding Your Characters that I started writing this morning, because I ran out of steam and got bored with the whole thing. So I’ll boil it down to the very, very short version: I was watching this video, and that got… {read more}
As you know, this week The Shadow’s Heir goes to the printer’s. This week I also had a horrible time at work. Customer service means always having to say you’re sorry, even when you didn’t do anything wrong. In the meantime, here is a stuffed werewolf I made. It turned out to be quite difficult… {read more}
And now, another stuffed griffin. Two in one day! Boy did you guys get lucky. This one isn’t so nice to look at, though, but that was intentional. Meet Skarratt, the four-winged dwarf griffin you may remember if you read The Creature. She’s been lying around my room for a while with no wings, but… {read more}
Last week I got a happy email and phone call from my new editor Deonie, who had just received the “welcome to being my editor” gift I sent her. But before I mailed it off I took pictures, so here you go! This is Kraego (sitting on my messy desk, if you’re wondering). And believe… {read more}
Hey guys. That was a pretty cool mask, huh? I gotta get around to hanging it up. I also have to stop playing Skyrim until the small hours of the morning, but oh well. Anyway, the university semester is about to go back so I’ll soon be busy with studying again. Not as busy as… {read more}
