August reads and conference fatigue
It’s that time again. The conference high is over, and reality (in the form of housework, kids’ lunches, weekend sport and cooking dinners) smacks you in the face like a...
Recent Reads
Each month I list the books I’ve been reading and comment on the ones that take my fancy. What have you been reading lately?
July reads and More good news
The year is sliding by and it’s only a couple more weeks to the RWNZ conference…ack! Have to get that pitch written and polished – when I figure out which darn ms...
June reading list and Good News!
Good News!
I’m guessing if you’re reading this blog you’re either a writer or involved with writing in some fashion. If you’re a writer then you’ll know...
Inspirational “Holes” and May reading…
How “Holes” turned my son on to reading
Turning boys on to reading is difficult as most parents will attest, and our son was no exception. Luckily we recently discovered...
April reads and thank goodness for magazines!
Thank goodness for magazines!
“Say, what?” I hear you yelling. “You gotta be pulling my leg!” Coming from an addicted-and-proud-of-it-dammit! novel-reader whose...
POV and March reading list
Not a huge list this month, I’m ashamed to say. Too busy rehashing the very first novel I ever wrote and tightning up its POV. When you’re a beginning writer, you tend to...
February reads and too much ‘research’
It’s a standing joke in my family: referring to my somewhat prolific reading habits as ‘research’. Someone rings on a Sunday morning and is told “Mum’s...
Serial reading & January reading list
I’m a serial reader: I loooooove reading series. There’s something wonderful about finding an author you love, discovering he or she is writing/has written a series and...
