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TAFE is back in session! Here’s the ‘3D pixelart’ game team working to expand the game beyond the tutorial and create a combo system for the combat. March Update The rights to the entire nine-book ‘Dark Heavens’ have been reverted to me, which means that...

Pixie the therapist helping me to recover. February Update Life comes at us fast sometimes. One minute I’m putting together slides for my workshop at the Queensland Writers Centre next week, and the next I’m arranging for my daughter to come up for a couple of days to...

Best part of the holiday break - many yum chas with my daughter overlooking the Broadwater January Update I hope you all had a fabulous end of year break, and I’m gearing up to get to work in 2026! Genrecon 2026 Genrecon is held on the 21st and 22nd of February in...

The volunteers had a Christmas tree and ginger bread house decorating competition at Oz Comic-Con, and my volunteers didn’t win. Robbed! December Update The last newsletter for the year and it’s been one of the best years ever. Serpent Princess was so warmly welcomed...

I will have the keyrings and stickers at Melbourne Christmas Comic-Con on December 6-7, so see you there! November Newsletter Thanks to everybody who came along to Supanova Brisbane to try out the games. We had three games at the show for everyone to judge, and the...

Very happy to have me home. October Newsletter Thanks to everyone who came to say hello at Oz Comic-Con Brisbane and Sydney. Here’s a photo of me with Chloe from Long’s Tea who had a stand there, and recognised my name from all the orders I’ve made! She also gave me a...

Click to hear the ‘Snake/Turtle’ concept theme Mario at TAFE Qld / University of Canberra is working on themes for the ‘Dark Heavens’ animation and I am Kermit flailing. Click to listen! September Newsletter A very busy couple of weeks coming up for me! Oz Comic-Con...

  The TAFE/University of Canberra students learning about project management. The pitch sessions for their ‘Dark Heavens’ projects happen next Tuesday.   August Update Last Tuesday I spent the afternoon helping the TAFE QLD/Uni of Canberra (it’s a joint...

This dredger is replenishing the sand on the beach. Still a long way to go. July Update Store Sold Out I was close to sold out of all my author copies after Adelaide and Melbourne Comic-Cons, and now I’ve sold my last two foiled copies of ‘Serpent Princess’. I have...

The greenscreen room at TAFE Qld where we’ll be able to do motion capture as part of the game or animation we create.   June Update Thank you so much Adelaide and Melbourne! I had two terrific Oz Comic-Cons back to back and I haven’t had so much fun in a while....