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Christmas Eve, and I am shouting at the ceiling. Literally. Here I am, in my study, desperately trying to finish a project paper on avitourism potential in Malaysia so that I can return to my final(?) rewrite of The Song … Continue reading
Glenda Larke
A fellow writer once asked me, what would you prefer? To be acclaimed by your peers or by the reading public? By peers, he meant fellow writers, editors, reviewers, people somehow involved in the industry or the critiquing of it. … Continue reading
My third shortlisting for the Aurealis Award: Best Australian Fantasy Novel of the Year. This year it is for Heart of the Mirage. [See? Told you all, you should read it….] Ok, I had better shut up before my head … Continue reading
So what do you do when you go to see the Petronas /Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur for the first time? Do you ooo and aaah over how high they are? Go shop for brand names that sell so much … Continue reading
The Shadow of Tyr hit the bestseller list of Galaxy, the specialist bookstore in Sydney, in its first week out in the big world. Big smile from me. Don’t forget – give books as Xmas pressies, everyone! Preferably novels. … Continue reading
Me: (as I drive the car out of our driveway) Got your passports? Tickets?Him: Yes. (to wife, referring to their son) Have you got Dylan’s passport? Her: (checking) Yes. All here.Me: (to him, because he is an American and they … Continue reading
One of those lovely readers who are kind enough to comment on Amazon.com said some nice things about The Aware, and then added: “There is not the depth like in some fantasy tales but you’ll enjoy it nonetheless.” Another reader … Continue reading
I won’t even begin to describe the stress levels we hit today. Let’s just say that it concerned a passport, belonging to someone booked on an overseas trip on the 17th December, which was suddenly discovered to be unusable even … Continue reading
Apparently, halfway between Chicago and Seoul, my grandson decided that he had had enough. “Time to get off,” he announced, and set off down the aisle of the plane to find the way out. Then got most indignant when he … Continue reading
Our house is twenty-five years old, and in the tropics, that means major overhaul time. I have a large bucket under the leak in the dining room ceiling.None of the huge sliding doors will slide any more; to open them … Continue reading