September Update
I finally worked out how to transcribe my VHS camera videos to digital. Here's a Beijing street from 1986. September Update I'm working hard behind the scenes with the lovely Anna and Shannon from Harper-Collins to make 'Minds of Sand and Light' the best it can...
August Update
It's my thirteenth novel and it feels like my first. Due out mid-next year. August Update As you can see from the pic above, Harper-Collins have contracted to purchase 'Minds of Sand and Light' for Australian release in the middle of next year. Here's a quick sample...
July Update
It's not often a mid-winter rainbow appears above the surf. This one felt special. July Update I've been head-down working on two new works - one is the sequel to 'Dark Heavens' which I'm thinking will probably be called 'Serpent Princess' because it's mostly Simone,...
June Update
This links to my recording of the Undersea Palace dungeon in Final Fantasy XIV - a Japanese company's imagining of a fantasy far-eastern location. Please forgive my lousy camera work! June Update Thanks to everyone who came up to say hello in Adelaide,...
May Update
From 'White Tiger': The sun set behind us. The high rises along the beach made elongated shadows on the sand. The sky turned a delicate shade of lilac and the breeze became cooler. The beach was almost deserted. I pulled on my wrap. ... This passage is the...
April Update
'And what time do you call this then? We're dying of starvation here!' - Pixie This is one of the faces waiting for me on my arrival home from Brisbane Oz Comic-Con. (Don't take the picture yet I'm not ready oh what you already took it?) Thanks so much to everyone who...
March Update
Aftermath of the floods - the beach was covered in debris. This cabinet could have been part of a boat? They pulled it out of the water because it had broken glass in it. This month is going to be super busy for me! I have the Character Building workshop next weekend,...
February Update
I pass a nature reserve on my daily walk, and it's full of fairy wrens that nobody notices because they're so small and camouflaged. There's two in this photo. February Update Brisbane people I will be at Oz Comic-Con in March! I'll post more details on my website as...
January Update
This has been the Gold Coast weather the past few weeks - rough and rainy. January Update I've just spent three fabulous weeks being - as my daughter puts it - a 'potato'. The weather has been rainy, windy and rough because of Cyclone Seth just off the coast. As an...
December Update
It's December, and I want to wish you all the very best for the upcoming break. Here's a special small gift for you, it's the story of: How I Bought A Picture of Pak Tai Temple (Before I even knew what it was.) Hong Kong has an annual tradition of having a ‘White...