Category Archives: About the author

Fan mail

Posted on 21/04/2013 by

This week I received fan mail from Austria via my publisher. Real mail. A hand-made card in an envelop, the message inside written in ink, complete with quote from Emily Dickinson. The sender, Ms Theresia Raditschnigg, asked for my autograph … Continue reading →

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A Hemingway-esque short story

Posted on 28/01/2013 by

Legend has it Ernest Hemingway once won a bet by writing a story in just six words. “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” Whether true or part of the myth surrounding the twentieth century American writer, the anecdote illustrates how much … Continue reading →

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Readin’ all over the world

Posted on 07/01/2013 by

Inspired by Bernadette’s Virtual Travelling post at Reactions to Reading, I thought I’d take stock of where in the world my reading took me in 2012. Bernadette managed to visit 21 countries in the course of reading 110 books in … Continue reading →

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Hard Labour starts to pay off

Posted on 13/10/2012 by

There are times when maintaining a blog is a drag, a necessary evil for a fiction writer who would frankly rather spend her precious time writing fiction. Times when I struggle to find something interesting to blog about. Other times … Continue reading →

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Naming names

Posted on 16/11/2010 by

‘Names in fiction have an almost mystical importance,’ writes Jane Sullivan in The enabling art of naming names (The Age, A2, Sat 13 Nov 2010 p.25). Indeed, there is an almost mystical story to the name of one of the … Continue reading →

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Travelling and talking

Posted on 10/11/2010 by

I will be appearing at a couple of exciting events in the next few weeks. The first is at the Swan Hill Regional Library on Thurs 25 November at 7pm, where as the flier says, I will be talking about writing, … Continue reading →

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Finals fever, aches & pains

Posted on 20/09/2010 by

During our interview at the Crime and Justice Festival, Garry Disher suggested his reputation as a SNAG (Sensitive New Age Guy) might be accounted for by his complete lack of interest in AFL football. A week or so later, I … Continue reading →

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The Tango Collection

Posted on 09/10/2009 by

This week I finally submitted the manuscript of my second Jayne Keeney novel to Text Publishing (I thought I had it in the bag six weeks ago but decided a sixth draft was in order), freeing me up to blog … Continue reading →

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Author talk in Phnom Penh

Posted on 23/03/2009 by

It’s been a while between posts. I put it down to consultancy work that took me to six different countries in the last six weeks of 2008 and the first two weeks in 2009, followed by a holiday (punctuated with … Continue reading →

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Tango8: Love and Food

Posted on 05/12/2008 by

Posted on Flaming Hoop by Jen Jewel Brown, 5 December 2008 A fresh new Australian comic anthology to savour, to be launched by Melbourne food legend Dur-e Dara at Mr Wilkinson, 295 Lygon Street, East Brunswick, Wednesday December 17 at … Continue reading →

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