This month I am grateful for time with my beloved, fun with the Story Queens, festive gatherings and a magical summer solstice... It’s shorter than usual cos I'm trying to catch up! With thanks… Thursday December 1… BR day 18… 10,519 steps… Today I am grateful for a day to plan tomorrow’s Story Queens online
This month I am grateful that I hit my 50,000 word count for NaNoWriMo, and for an awesome writing retreat with the Story Queens, and for new beginnings (okay, that one is a little bit of an exaggeration, but I'm trying to look at the silver lining of losing my job)... With thanks… Sunday November
This week I am so grateful to be back "home" in Glastonbury, the mystical Isle of Avalon With thanks… Friday November 4… NaNoWriMo day 4 – 628 words… Today I am grateful for coming home – to our home away from home… The day dawned soft and silver and wet, and we packed up our
This month I am grateful for my Camp NaNoWriMo buddies, glad I got so much work done on Into the Storm, and happy my ankle kinda healed so I could get back to my BodyPump and BodyCombat hybrid... With thanks… Friday July 1… Camp NaNoWriMo day 1 – 2000 words… Happy Day 1 of Camp
It's been a crazy four days at the Mind Body Spirit Festival – not to mention a crazy night at the online launch I shared with Felicity Pulman – and I'm feeling a little drained. But I'm also so very grateful that I met so many lovely people, and sold so many books, and got
What is her name? Carlie (named for the goddess Kali) Parker. She’s the main character in Into the Mists and its sequels Into the Dark and Into the Light, and the story is told from her point of view… Is she a fictional/historical character? She’s fictional, although many of the rituals she takes part in
No Excuses, No Regrets Originally written for inSpirit magazine... You get what you work for, not what you wish for. Are you ready to carve out the mental and emotional space to achieve your dreams? What is it that you most want to do? Which dream burns within you and makes your soul soar when
Had to laugh at one of our Camp NaNoWriMo pep talks today... “Too intimidated by the blank page? Just sneak up on your story. The first sentence can literally be "I have no idea what I want the first sentence of my story to be." (Once I started my novel with "I probably should have
Tonight I am grateful that I made it! I wrote 50,789 words in November, for National Novel Writing Month, which is a huge chunk of the first draft of my next book*. It feels so good to be done, and to have my novel validated for word count… I loved this from the organisers: “Every
I can’t believe it’s already day 5 of NaNoWriMo*! Four days of writing done, and 7333 words committed to paper, which means I have 665 words up my sleeve for one of those days that is more of a struggle It fascinates me, how some days are easier – well, less difficult might be more
It’s only three days until National Novel Writing Month – NaNoWriMo – kicks off, and as usual I’m woefully unprepared. As in, not at all. Each year I think (hope?) that I’ll have some time to plan my story before November 1 rolls around, but as usual I haven’t had a spare second. But I
Book Expo kicks off Saturday October 17 in Sydney, and there are lots of fun talks and seminars that will be running both days. And I’m looking forward to hanging out with Selina Fenech again – check out her beautiful Memory’s Wake Trilogy for an amazing fantasy read – as well as her stunning Colour
This July I decided to sign up for my first Camp NaNoWriMo, a slightly less frantically, frenetically based version of the November project. It was fun to do it with some friends, to encourage each other and push ourselves to get lots written. I committed to 25,000 words for the month, half of the November
June was a month full of the beauty of Sydney winters, all blue skies and sunshine, with a chill in the air – so pretty and vivid and crisp. It was also a month of book adventures: – The awesome online launch of Into the Light, with friend and magical author Felicity Pulman, who was
The beginning of this year was a bit of a blur – I was finishing Into the Light, the third book in the Into the Mists Trilogy, and suffering my usual self-doubt over it being boring (my poor hubby just rolls his eyes now when I ask how anyone could want to read it), interspersed
Into the Mists Serene Conneeley is an Australian author who has captivated many readers with the first two books of her current ‘Into the Mists’ trilogy series. Work on the third and final book will commence in November and be available for release in 2015. From inSpirit magazine. Carlie, a vibrant teen on the cusp
Into the Dark Into the Dark Serene Conneeley is an Australian author who has captivated many readers with the first two books of her current ‘Into the Mists’ trilogy series. Work on the third and final book will commence in November and be available for release in 2015. From inSpirit magazine. Put the
Author Felicity Pulman invited me to take part in the Meet My Character Book Tour Blog – you can read my post about Carlie from Into the Mists further down the page, and enter a competition to win a copy of the book at the bottom… My friendship with Felicity began when we bonded over
With thanks... November 2014... I am grateful for a day and a night with Jillian, hanging with my workout buddy, the magic of creating a novel during NaNoWriMo, and all the cups of tea Juz made me while I wrote... With thanks… Saturday November 1… RushFit day 41… Fitness Challenge and NaNoWriMo (1050 words) day
I was interviewed recently about Into the Mists, about the importance of the mists to the story, as well as the importance of the two black cats, and lots of other interesting questions… Below are a few of the questions and answers, and you can read the full interview here. Into the Mists is a
