Beautiful work.

We stayed at The Bend racetrack last year. There were complimentary earplugs in the rooms.

A grey kangaroo pauses, still chewing, too check the lush green surrounds of a front lawn.

Outside my window right now…

… I am so regretting all that capitalisation…

Books by that Author Who Turned Out to be a Perv/Terf, Books by that Author Whose Spouse Actually Helped Write Them, Books by the Author I’ve Delighted to Watch Become Hugely Successful, Books by Authors I Think Were Under-Appreciated, Books that Have Faded from Memory, Books that Have Lasted…

… Books That Were Free at Cons, Books I Bought at Launches, Books That Everyone Was Raving About Years Ago I Haven’t Read, Books I Borrowed From a Friend then had to Buy for Myself, Books Illustrated by the Amazingly Multi-Talented Author, Books that Were Great but the Rest in the Series Were Meh…

Categories included: Childhood/Teen Favourite, Books I Will Reread Again, Books I Loved but Won’t Reread but Might Loan to a Friend, Books by Friends, Books by Writers Met at Events, Books Sent for Me to Blurb That I Got a Physical Copy Of, Books Nice People at Publishers Thought I Might Like…

Power was out this morning so we tackled moving the last few year’s worth of fiction purchases from piles on the floor to bookshelves. While reviewing what is on the shelves.

Aww. I love a repeat reader! Sadly, I’m not writing much nowadays due to a few health issues. Hoping to publish a short & novella collection though.

Could have meant “From the Ghetto”.

Extra points if it was your own story.

They’d have to also be charcoalsmiths, pencilsmiths, pastelsmiths, threadsmiths, claysmiths, etc. Lotta mediums out there.

I mention this because I was getting weird looks at the front desk of a clinic on Thursday and didn’t work out why until I saw the news that night.

I’d just like to say… I am not related to Matt Canavan, though possibly there’s a link on some very distant branch of the family tree. #australianpolitics #unfortunatesamelastname

At that point, I’d be too afraid to ask.

Omg these are amazing! Thank YOU!

And then in a month’s time, they’re back, having resubscribed you.

Sorry, no. 😭

Why yes, it does. #traitorspytrilogy #thankyou

Congrats! I’m enjoying A Restless Truth right now.

15 times! Gosh. (And Thank you!)

The cover of 'What the Bones Know' by Kirstyn McDermott. The image is a green-tinged night scene of the front of a house seen at a distance through trees. One window shines with a yellow glow. In the foreground the ghostly, transparent figure of a young girl drifts close to the edge of frame. The title is printed in large red capital letters, taking up almost the entire cover, and wavering as though viewed underwater. The tagline reads, "Sometimes what is buried does not stay buried".

Does my next novel have a fabulous cover that I can finally reveal to the world? WHY YES IT DOES THANK YOU FOR ASKING.

To be released March 2026 and you can pre-order it here: www.harpercollins.com.au/978103892277...

No, the prequel is a stand-alone.

Yeah, that’s why I dislike many zombie films. Though some do examine this well, like “Warm Bodies”.

I feel I ought to make a lovely tableau to accompany this book in the photo, but it is so gorgeous it doesn’t need it. Meet the new French edition of the Black Magician Trilogy. A beautiful cover that’s even more green and lush in person.

For a second there I wondered how AI could be involved in losing your envelopes (but I wasn’t surprised as it seems to mess up everything).

Favourite quite in TBJM: “You can’t change the people around you but you can change the people around you.” (Joshua Fields Millburn).

Currently reading The Bullet Journal Method by Ryder Carrol and How Minds Change by David McRaney. Good reads for when I’m too busy to focus on a narrative.

Thank you!

Gosh. Now I’m here I don’t know what to say. Out of practise with using social media, after only (barely) using FB for ages.