What’s your Big Hairy Audacious Goal?
At the Commonwealth Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), they sometimes call for BHAGs – Big Hairy Audacious Goals that researchers are keen to aim for. Put simply, if the Powers That Be think a...
View ArticleCover art for Prophecy of Power: Quarry
Professional cover artist (and good mate of mine) Les Petersen has done an amazing cover for my (as yet unpublished) epic fantasy novel. I’m shopping the novel around for a publisher at the moment, so...
View ArticleNew Year’s Resolutions
2013 has struck, but oddly enough I haven’t planned what I want to achieve this year. I’ve got a few things in motion already, so I thought I’d better write it down and build on it. So, here’s my...
View Article7 Line Challenge
A big thanks to Meredith Pritchard for tagging me in the 7 Line Challenge. The 7 Line Challenge works a bit like The Next Big Thing, but instead of a Q&A you go to page 7 or 77 of your manuscript,...
View ArticleUpdate on the New Years Resolutions
Well, it’s been a pretty tough month or so – my wife’s been away studying (the first of four, one-month modules), making it difficult to catch up on writing and blogging while looking after the kids...
View ArticleRecharging the writerly batteries at Supernova
Last weekend I attended Supernova, Australia’s version of Comic Con. Crowd city! At times you had to wait for the person next to you to breathe out so you could breathe in. Firstly though, I’d like to...
View ArticleGenreCon 2013 Roundup
I spent the last weekend at GenreCon in sunny Brisbane. Brisbane is incredibly pleasant for such a big city – at least where I was staying at South Bank. Clean and tidy, open and airy, they’ve put a...
View ArticleThings I wish I knew about Dealing With Rejection when I started writing
Rejection’s never fun, and although I’ve copped a fair amount of it I still suffer from that moment of disbelief whenever another story gets returned. Either something didn’t resonate (which is rarely...
View ArticleConflux 11 – Are You Attending?
Conflux this year is set to be amazing – four full days of convention goodness designed for writers of all levels of experience. Karen, Leife and the Committee have done an amazing job of organising...
View ArticleVisibility for your book
I often use this blog as a way of getting things straight in my head. Today’s no different, and lately I’ve been researching book marketing. Marketing is one of those necessary evils most writers...
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