Category: News

I’m on deadline with Blaze Dark and finishing edits for Tara Sharp 3, so my time is very regimented at the moment. And as happens when you have not a second to spare, lovely invites come along that you can’t refuse.

So I’m opening/christening the new Reading Room at our school library in a couple of weeks. This will give me great pleasure, as I was definitely one of those kids who found peace in the library in my own school. Not from other kids, but from my own mind.

As well as that, I’m speaking on a panel on Digital Rights soon:

Australian Society of Authors are hosting a panel discussion on digital rights at the State Library of Queensland on Friday 30th March, 6-9pm.

Hope to see some Brisbanites there.

Meanwhile, it’s almost SwanCon time and I’m so looking forward to going to Perth to see everyone! Am planning to ask Kendra to do my make-up for the Masquerade Ball.

When life is more of the same, reviews that drop from Internet heaven are the best. First here’s one for Angel Arias – the song, written and performed by Yunyu to act as a companion for Burn Bright:

Angel Arias + Burn Bright (book) = Pure Brilliance

by Firelighter18

I can’t rave more about this song if you’ve never heard of Yunyu I would recommend buying this song as it gives you a fantastic taste of what Yunyu has to offer in her music. If this is your first time hearing her I would also suggest buying Lenore’s Songand You Are Expendable both are simply excellent!

This song perfectly captures the book Burn Bright by Marianne de Pierres I would recommend to you the novel as well it’s very dark,strange and gothic but a magnificence story to read with strong character’s and an amazing world that is unforgettable and it’s by far my favourite series to read. ; )

BUY the song from iTunes

Then there’s Colleen Cahill’s lovely review for Glitter Rose which happened to coincide with another fabulous review that appeared on Shock Totem.

To round it off, Musings of a Hobbyist talks about Dark Space.

Thanks to Paula Tapiolis at ABC.NET, I got to see this article which talks about DRONE JOURNALISM. This is so eerily reminiscent of the Priers in the Parrish Plessis novels that I got goose pimples when I read it.

Here’s a picture of them:

As an author, it’s kinda of stomach churning to think you were heading in the right direction with one of your visions. Now … if the banking hierarchy starts taking royal titles and the Media takes over the banks …. we’re in big trouble people!