Before I get on to some suggestions of non-Australian fantasy writers below, here’s the cover of my next book, which will be published mid-April, worldwide. This is the final book in The Forsaken Lands trilogy. While you are waiting for … Continue reading
AT THE NEW YORK SCREENING REMEMBER: USA release is over the Thanksgiving Weekend. In Australia, alas, mid-March. This is more a buddy movie than a horror one; it is also very funny, and of course, as the director is … Continue reading
I really don’t get this whole thing about not reading reviews of one’s own books. To me, that’s like writing into a vacuum. Most of us novel authors write because we love to create a story* — few would do … Continue reading
TWO THINGS: The Fall of the Dagger, the third and last book of The Forsaken Lands trilogy, now has a set publication date: 19th April 2016 (USA) and 21st April 2016 (UK). And the MIRAGE MAKERS trilogy is now available … Continue reading
Last January, our Prime Minister, with an astonishing lack of understanding of what it means to be an Australian today, gave Prince Philip a knighthood. Today, our treasurer indicated that he will work towards making our country a republic (something … Continue reading
I have handed in the final book of THE FORSAKEN LANDS, called The Fall of the Dagger. The only steps that remain to be done are the copyedit and the proofs. It is now slated to come out in April … Continue reading
We live on a narrow strip of land between the Indian Ocean and the Peel Estuary. It’s called (tongue in cheek) The Island, or Mandurah Island, because to get here by land is only possible if you cross a substantial … Continue reading
Perlis is the north-westernmost state of Peninsular Malaysia. It’s tiny, poor and very beautiful, known for its rice fields and limestone outcrops. Rice fields I love Perlis. Or I used to. I even climbed a good way up Gunung Perlis … Continue reading
Remember the thrombolites and stromatolites, those ancient organisms that put the oxygen into the atmosphere? The other day we were at yet another lake around here that has some… Lake Richmond, Safety Bay. Australian Black Ducks standing on thrombolites Lake … Continue reading
Flying through the sea… Where we were today… Dawes Cut. Above: a fire in the distance: possibly a controlled burn. Husband was fishing, see below. I was polishing book 3 of the THE FORSAKEN LANDS. And we were visited by … Continue reading
