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This is called the 'First Pages', it's what you have after the edited manuscript has been put through a typesetter like Adobe Indesign. It's a final proof of what the book will look like when it's printed. I'm running through 'Dawn of Empire' now and fixing the last...

I am trying to work on the edits for 'Dawn of Empire' but it's obviously only with permission from the Feline Overlord.   May Newsletter Apologies for the delay on this, I'm working on the edits for 'Dawn' (as you can see the attempt above) and I had to contact...

  I went back through my March photos looking for one that represented March for me - I had yum cha with a family member on March 7th. That seems like a lifetime ago. April Update Hi everyone, I hope you're coping. Are you receiving as many 'during these troubled...

There it is, 'Dawn of Empire' all complete, and ready to send to the publishers. I printed it out, read through it, and then emailed it through. Mika, you are awesome and I cannot thank you enough for your help in translating 'Dark Heavens' to Japanese - and for...

FINALLY. Thirteen years after it was released in print, 'White Tiger' is now an audiobook (only available in Australia - see below for the US version.) And of course there is a problem with it, and they're working on it. More below. February Newsletter Gladstone Thank...

  Summer means WATER SPINACH (Ong Choy)! Details and recipe (sort of) below.   January Update Welcome to 2020 and I hope we all have a really great year! The summer holidays are in full swing, the pool is full of screaming kids, and thank the heavens that...

All the workshops and conventions are done for the year and I have so many things I want to do - including finishing book 3 of Dragon Empire - and instead I am a Flat Panda. Pixie gets it.   December Update I had all these plans for the summer and I've kind of...

  Traci Harding interviewed me and Queenie at Oz Comic-Con Brisbane in September. Here it is on her channel - she has plenty of interesting writing tips and industry news! November Newsletter Better late than never! What a wild couple of months. Townsville...

I've written a quick summary of the Hong Kong protests and shared it on my website. You can check it out here: THE HONG KONG PROTESTS: A QUICK (AND BY NO MEANS COMPLETE) SUMMARY Feel free to share it if you like, I have no problem with being identified as...

Written: October 8th, 2019. Potted History, Mostly From Memory and Probably Wildly Inaccurate. I'm going to use a lot of Wikipedia article because Yay! This isn't a scholarly document and so I can. In 1842, the combined forces of the UK, France, and America fought a...