This month I am grateful that I could raise money for brilliant causes by taking part in three challenges - and yes, the nothing but water to drink for two weeks was infinitely harder than the walk 65km in a week challenges :-) I am grateful to everyone who sponsored me, and to my sweet
As the countdown to the Story Queens online launch kicks off, I wanted to introduce my fellow Story Queens. Selina Fenech is an amazing artist, and also an incredible writer – she’s the author of the beautiful fantasy series Memory’s Wake, and the intriguing Empath Chronicles. How do you describe your books: YA Fantasy with
As the countdown to the Story Queens online launch kicks off (two more sleeps!), I wanted to introduce my fellow Story Queens. Lauren K. McKellar is the author of romance reads that make you feel. She lives by the beach in Australia with her husband and their two dogs. How do you describe your books:
As the countdown to the Story Queens online launch progresses, I wanted to introduce my fellow Story Queens. L. L. Hunter is the author of The Legend of the Archangel series, The Eden Chronicles and many more – she has sixteen books out now, with several more to be published in 2016. How do you
As the countdown to the Story Queens online launch kicks off, I wanted to introduce my fellow Story Queens. K. A. Last is author of the paranormal romance series The Tate Chronicles, and the beautiful Immagica, which has been described as “a little bit Alice in Wonderland, a little bit The Wizard of Oz and
As the countdown to the Story Queens online launch kicks off, I wanted to introduce my fellow Story Queens. Heather M. Bryant s an escapist reader and writer who is currently shopping her YA fantasy to publishers, and eating far too much chocolate (haha, like that’s even a thing!)… How do you describe your books:
As the countdown to the Story Queens online launch kicks off, I wanted to introduce my fellow Story Queens, which I guess includes me :-) How do you describe your books: The Into the Mists Trilogy is magical realism, set in the real world but with some magic woven into it, and some… beings… who
As the countdown to the Story Queens online launch kicks off, I wanted to introduce my fellow Story Queens. Rebecca Bosevski is a Central Coast adult fantasy writer. Her first book, Enchanting the Fey, will be published later this year. How do you describe your books: I write Adult fantasy driven by reluctant heroes and
Stacey Nash has a passion for writing stories set in speculative, science fiction and fantasy worlds, with an element of romance and a lot of adventure. How do you describe your books: Action, adventure, danger and young love thrown into a real-world setting. But that’s just my YA series. The Oxley College Saga is realistic
This month I am grateful for the beauty of Sydney and its gorgeous parks, a new (Chinese) year, catch-ups with my writer friends on the Central Coast, surviving two stupidly crazy weeks at the magazines, and finally getting to catch up on a little bit of sleep... With thanks… Monday February 1… Jillian day 22…
Without bees, we wouldn’t be here – of the 100 crops that provide 90 percent of the world’s food supply, 71 are pollinated by the humble bee – yet many countries still allow the use of bee-killing pesticides, and chemical companies sue anyone who tries to stop them. But there have been successes! France recently
Hello Story Queens subscribers! This month I'm offering the newsletter prize. I have a set of my Magic Series of books – Faery Magic, Mermaid Magic and Witchy Magic – to give away, either the paperback series for an Australian winner, or the ebook series for an international winner. For your chance to win, tell
Wishing all my friends in the south a magical Lughnasadh, and those in the north an enchanting and enchanted Imbolc… On this day of gratitude and thanksgiving, I am grateful for my love-filled life, and all the blessings I have – a loving hubby, close family and friends, clean water, good food, good health, a
Lughnasadh ~ Summer’s End Seasonal foods and herbs play a large part in witchy celebrations, so below are a few of the Lughnasadh recipes I experimented with for Witchy Magic. Lughnasadh marks the end of summer and the first harvest festival, and it has long been a time of feasting and of thanksgiving for the
Seasonal foods and herbs play a large part in witchy celebrations, so below are a few of the Imbolc recipes I experimented with for Witchy Magic. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Lemon Balm Bread Ingredients: ✩ ¾ cup milk ✩ 1 cup fresh lemon balm, plus 2 tblsps
Here are the events booked so far for this year. I’ll be adding book launch dates and more as soon as they are confirmed... March 11... Story Queens Launch. Where: Online. More details soon! May 26-29... Mind Body Spirit Festival. Where: Olympic Park, Sydney. June 17-19... Supanova. Where: Olympic Park, Sydney. September 10-11... Comic-Con. Where:
This month I am grateful for sweet birthday celebrations with my beloved, a new year (well, the western one anyway), Jillian Michaels, Body Pump and Body Combat, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, work on the Into the Mists encyclopaedia, the beauty of the huge golden full moon sailing across the sky and peeking out from
This is a fascinating article by author Mark Manson, which is definitely worth a read… If I ask you, “What do you want out of life?” and you say something like, “I want to be happy and have a great family and a job I like,” it’s so ubiquitous that it doesn’t even mean anything.
Lucy and I have been chatting, and decided new year, new specials So we’ve cut the prices of our Faery Magic, Mermaid Magic and Witchy Magic ebooks on Amazon… We’ve also added a new option on the “real” books – if you buy the paperback from Amazon, you’ll receive the ebook free, through their Matchbook