One of the greatest gifts a writer can give to themselves is time out of the chaos of daily life to Just. Write. Oh yeah, I’m talking about a writing retreat. It was at a writing retreat at Phillip Island between lockdowns that I finished a huge draft of Summer, in...
I’m a sucker for a monthly update- both the writing and the reading of them. I love the BTS vibes, and the sense of accountability they give me, the idea of reporting back, checking in. I also love the way they make it easy to look back at the end of the year and...
In September 2025, Hawkeye Publishing made all my word nerd dreams come true by publishing my debut novel, Summer, in Between. It’s been a bit of a whirlwind, to be honest, in the most wonderful of ways. There’s been so many pinch me moments, some of which I shared in...
Think about the books that you felt the most, that changed your life. They’re from your adolescence, aren’t they? That’s because young adult literature hits us, readers of all ages, uniquely, deeply. The book that always comes to my mind whenever I think YA fiction is...
In 2025, post lifequake, I had a business, I was finishing a Grad Dip in Information Management (Libraries), I launched a novel, I entered another in an unpublished manuscript prize (and took out second place!), wrote the second draft of a YA WIP, and wrote half of...
A couple of years ago in the midst of the (nauseating) GirlBoss fever that swept across LI and IG like, well, a fever, I saw a fabulous post where somebody* completely (and rightfully) rejected the premise of imposter syndrome, pointing out it’s a flawed, debunked...
