Wow, it feels like I just wrote the last one of these last week, but no, it’s been almost a month now. Things haven’t changed for me, still writing, still enjoying the storyline, still loving the giant puppa, still studying; still trucking along. I haven’t written a lot, to be frank- see last week’s post […]
Inspiration
New camera love
I recently acquired a new camera and have fallen completely in love… I’ve always adored trees and nature photographs and now finally I have a camera that can do my passion justice…. I’m absolutely obsessed with all of the amazing photos that I have been capturing… That I just have to share as many […]
Happy Mother’s Day
It’s Sunday the 14th of May today which means it is mother’s day here in New Zealand! I am off to visit my own mother soon enough for a short walk around the neighbourhood (it is absolutely freezing here, so emphasis on short =P). One thing I wanted to say about my amazing mum is […]
Women
It was International Women’s Day last week and I thought it would be fun to celebrate women by sharing who has inspired me, some of my ideas about strong female characters, “perfection”, and a few little tidbits about my two main girls, Gryphon (Hybrid) and Ibbiana (Wings). Writing strong women is crucial, as is writing […]
Worldbuilding
So recently I uploaded a podcast talking about how I worldbuild and the differences between my methods for my first book – Hybrid, vs the book idea that came after – Wings. Which can be summarised by saying that I did almost no building ahead of time for Hybrid and discovered everything as I wrote. […]
Inspiration
Since my last post, I’ve been thinking about inspiration and where I get mine from. Whether you refer to it as talking to your muses, being struck by inspiration, or driven mad by the voices in your head, inspiration is an elusive mistress who, if you don’t tend to and care for her, will evade […]