Category Archives: News
It’s been a while since I moved into my new home, and I’m very happy with it. In fact, owning my own place has woken up the nesting instinct in me so much that I’ve even started to give serious thought to trying to find a date. I haven’t done anything on that front yet… {read more}
We all know that September the 11th is an important date, and a solemn one as well. And even though I was only fifteen when 9/11 became, well, 9/11, I remember it very well today, and I think I always will. But from now on I’ll have another, much happier reason to remember September the… {read more}
Today is my mother’s birthday, so of course I made her a cake. It took hours of work, but the results were so spectacular I just have to share them. So here it is from the outside, looking OK but nothing that special: But once it was cut, all was revealed. And… {read more}
Life is all about beginnings and endings. Very soon I shall be facing an important new beginning: next week I’m going to move into my new home, and finally become fully independent. It’s a big step for anyone to make; I’ve heard it called one of the most stressful events of a person’s life, and… {read more}
As some people already know, I generally don’t read reviews of my work. There are a few reasons for that. One is that they’re a distracting influence when I’m writing (back in the day, little snippets of reviews used to pop into my head while I was trying to work). Another is that, since they’re… {read more}
So Book Week is over, and the last event was a good one. Now I can relax and get on with some other pressing matters, such as a certain project I’ve just become involved with (full description of that to come). I’m also expecting the manuscript for book six, The Shadow’s Heart, to arrive next… {read more}
Book Week, an event run by the Children’s Book Council of Australia, is one of the highlights of my year. It means a week of visiting schools to do talks and workshops, mixing with other authors, and finding out who won the Book of the Year awards. It’s hard work, but it’s a lot of… {read more}
This afternoon, at about 2:18pm, I finished writing book fourteen, which is currently titled The Final War. It clocked in at 201 pages and 116,777 words. In spite of a couple of hiatuses I managed to finish it in less than the standard two months – I began it at the end of June, and… {read more}
The word “gibberish” is derived from an alchemist by the name of Geber, who wrote all his findings down in a nonsense language only he understood. That language was subsequently named “Geberish”. I love trivia. Meanwhile the third trilogy of the griffin series, which is titled The Southern Star, will be going to acquisitions sometime… {read more}
I’m pleased to announce that the US edition of The Shadowed Throne is now available for pre-order at Barnes and Noble. And you can see the cover as well!
