New Video Trailer for Frontier Incursion!

Frontier Incursion, book one in the Frontier Series, now has a brand new book trailer! You can view it on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvymDYRwj6Y

When Is Enough Enough? (Or why should young women expect to be groped or harassed every time they go out?)

As regular followers of my blog probably know, I have a bit of a feminist bent. My last post was about heading off to celebrate our daughter's twenty-first birthday in the town where she attends university. Over the last few days we've been chatting and catching up, and one of the subjects that came up … Continue reading When Is Enough Enough? (Or why should young women expect to be groped or harassed every time they go out?)

Twenty First Birthdays

Today I'm off to go and spend a week with our eldest child. This week coming she turns twenty-one. It's hard to imagine that twenty-one years have passed since we first held that tiny (or so we thought until we saw everyone else's babies) 3880g (8lb 9oz) baby in our arms. She had a full … Continue reading Twenty First Birthdays

THINK

The internet is a wonderful place. It's full of all kinds fascinating stories and information and I think it's wonderful, amazing and potentially dangerous. The biggest problems with the internet are its immediacy and its accessibility. In a little while I'll finish writing this post and then press a button. Instantaneous opinion will appear online, … Continue reading THINK

Frontier Resistance Is Now Available for Pre-order

Frontier Resistance, the sequel to Frontier Incursion, is now available for pre-order. It's available from Amazon, Kobo, and also Hague Publishing. You can find the direct links here from Hague Publishing's blog. 'The Garsal have landed and Frontier has changed forever. Now Shanna and her friends must master their new gifts that will enable them … Continue reading Frontier Resistance Is Now Available for Pre-order

A response to the “Women Against Feminism” thing currently creating waves all over social media.

I've had this post percolating for a few weeks, but a few things have distracted me from writing it, but finally, here it is. Some weeks ago I began to notice the whole 'Women Against Feminism' thing taking off. As someone happy to be called a feminist at first I thought it was a joke. … Continue reading A response to the “Women Against Feminism” thing currently creating waves all over social media.

Cultural Moments

We have friends who hail from a variety of countries around the world. More and more I've been struck by the differences in our cultures, despite sharing the same first language - English. Even more, I've been struck by how often we Australians have done incomprehensible things to English language, which must make it almost … Continue reading Cultural Moments

Thoughts on Editing

I've spent the better part of the weekend working my way through Book 3. Frontier Resistance (Book 2 in the Frontier Series) is on its way towards publication, and after completing the first draft of Book 3, I put it away for a rest. I picked it up again this weekend to re-read and begin … Continue reading Thoughts on Editing