All Posts

• June 2024
  • June Update - Author vs Mum life 01-06-2024
• August 2023
  • Locations behind the book: A local’s guide to the Mudgee region 01-08-2023
• July 2023
  • Great Sexpectations Behind the Scenes: Getting a Job on a TV Set for Book Research 18-07-2023
• May 2023
  • May Roundup + Great Sexpectations publication news 26-05-2023
• October 2022
  • October Roundup: Author updates and my first RWA Conference 06-10-2022
• June 2022
  • Renovation Special: The Mudgee House 18-06-2022
• April 2022
  • Great Sexpectations: Cover Reveal and Publication Date 11-04-2022
• November 2021
  • Publishable 2021: The Inside Scoop from a Finalist 18-11-2021
• September 2021
  • Mid-year Roundup: Book Updates 02-09-2021
• February 2021
  • Summer Roundup & the Query Chronicles 10-02-2021
• November 2020
  • Locations Behind the Book: the Laura the Explorer Guide to Manly Beach and Sydney 25-11-2020
• August 2020
  • July Roundup 06-08-2020
• May 2020
  • May Roundup: Launching my Second Book in COVID Times 31-05-2020
• March 2020
  • Cover Reveal: Eat Pray Shag + Book Cover Design Process for Indie Authors 24-03-2020
  • February Roundup: Meeting new friends and EPS off to the copy editor 15-03-2020
• January 2020
  • January Roundup & Finishing Eat Pray Shag 28-01-2020
• December 2019
  • How Long Does it Take to Write a Book? 06-12-2019
• November 2019
  • Taking a Writer’s Research Trip: My Week in Byron Bay 27-11-2019
• September 2019
  • Title Reveal: Eat, Pray, Shag 30-09-2019
  • July / August Roundup 04-09-2019
• July 2019
  • Let the Queries Begin! 19-07-2019
  • June Roundup & Structural Editing 03-07-2019
• April 2019
  • March Roundup & Hitting the Amazon Best Sellers List 05-04-2019
• March 2019
  • February Roundup 01-03-2019
• January 2019
  • Publishing Checklist for First Time Authors in Australia 23-01-2019
  • December Roundup: How to typeset a book, book production and holidays 06-01-2019
• December 2018
  • November Roundup: Copy-Edits, Cover Designs and NaNoWriMo 03-12-2018
• November 2018
  • Cover Reveal – Laura the Explorer 16-11-2018
• October 2018
  • How to find Book Editors and Cover Designers in Australia 16-10-2018
• August 2018
  • August Roundup 13-08-2018
• January 2018
  • December January Roundup 31-01-2018
• November 2017
  • November Roundup 30-11-2017
  • October Roundup 01-11-2017
• September 2017
  • September Roundup 29-09-2017
  • Autumn & Winter roundup 05-09-2017
• January 2017
  • New Year, New Direction 30-01-2017
• May 2016
  • Volunteering at Sydney Writers Festival: Rewards for a new writer 27-05-2016
  • The May whirlwind and what’s happened to LTE? 23-05-2016
• April 2016
  • Progress Update and Countdown to Publication 14-04-2016
• March 2016
  • Structural Edit (Substantive Edit) Overview 30-03-2016
  • Second Draft Lessons 10-03-2016
• February 2016
  • Manuscript Assessment Overview 16-02-2016
  • Traditional vs Self-Publishing and Writing as a Business 16-02-2016