Category: Writing

Hazel Edwards Today’s Guest Post has Hazel Edwards remembering a particular, and mysterious, form of narrative transport. Hazel is one of Australia’s best-loved writers. She thrives on writing for all ages and has published over 200 books across a range of subjects and genres. Aged 14, I lived in...

I made my first Book Trailer back in 2007, when the whole Book Trailer thing was really starting to take off. Since then, I’ve seen million dollar Book Trailers and I’ve seen Book Trailers done on a shoestring budget. Sometimes, it’s been hard to tell the difference – in...

Richard Harland               Today’s Guest Post has Richard Harland reminiscing about his cherished book from childhood. Richard is one of Australia’s most popular YA Fantasy writers. The first books I truly loved when I was old enough to read for myself were two...

One of the best (and most unexpected things) about being a writer in this interconnected world is that I’m in touch with people who are interested in books, reading and writing, and they live all over the place. When it becomes known that I have various research needs, these...

Sophie Masson This is the second in a series of Guest Posts from some of our finest writers. Today, it’s Sophie Masson. Sophie has had more than 50 novels published in Australia and internationally, mostly for young adults and children, but also for adults, including the internationally-selling ‘Forest of...

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Barry Jonsberg This is the first in a series of Guest Posts from some of our finest writers. Today, it’s Barry Jonsberg, the writer of the wonderful ‘The Whole Business with Kiffo and the Pitbull’. I first read R.M. Ballantyne’s The Coral Island when I was about eight years...

I know this article should really be called ‘Powerless Protagonists’ or ‘Powerless Main Characters’ but I couldn’t resist the nuance of ‘Powerless Heroes’. What I’m talking about is the tendency of many stories to have a main character who is helpless. Put upon. A loser. I was reading a...

This could be the ultimate ‘Extinction Gambit’ teaser: my advance copy, nestled in my steely grip.            ...

And here’s the official book trailer for my next book ‘The Extinction Gambit’, Book One of ‘The Extraordinaires’.  ...