The Richell Prize shortlist, and The Emerging Writer’s Festival Literary prizes and festivals help new and emerging, as well as established writers earn money and get publicity and exposure. They allow writers to interact with each other, with readers, with publishers. Festivals across Australia and the world, such as the Emerging Writer’s Festival, The… Continue reading Richell Prize Shortlist and Emerging Writer’s Festival
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The Rebirth of Rapunzel by Kate Forsyth
Fairy tales have a long and varied history, from their beginnings in an oral format, to fairy tale collectors such as The Brothers Grimm, and creators such as Hans Christian Andersen, Oscar Wilde and Charlotte-Rose de la Force, author of Persinette. Various authors and collectors have different versions of these tales stemming from different traditions… Continue reading The Rebirth of Rapunzel by Kate Forsyth
The Mapmaker Chronicles #1 By A.L. Tait
Title: Race to the End of the Earth (The Mapmaker Chronicles #1) Author: A.L. Tait Genre: Fantasy, Children Publisher: Hachette Children’s Published: 14/10/2014 Synopsis: A map of the world? Why did the King want that? Everyone knew if you went too far in either direction you'd fall off the edge, into the jaws of Genesi,… Continue reading The Mapmaker Chronicles #1 By A.L. Tait
Shoes, Pirates and Unicorns
My writing as taken me to many places and on many journeys, not only through the act of piecing together my stories and works, but through the research I undertake to give a touch of authenticity to my work. Amongst the projects I am working on, I have just had pirates murder a mermaid and… Continue reading Shoes, Pirates and Unicorns
Threads and Words
NB: I was hoping for this to be longer and more eloquent but sadly it is not...I will try again. The threads of each story I write weave together to create worlds beyond my imagination populated by pirates and fairy tale characters, humans and beasts, sometimes half-human, half-animal creatures that like bacon and licking themselves… Continue reading Threads and Words
Pirates, and wenches and magic
I said I was going to post these every week but last week got busy with university and other disruptions, so here we go. I’m about 20,000 words in, and, am actually jumping between a couple of projects, adding in new words here and there. My cast of characters in my fairy tale murder mystery… Continue reading Pirates, and wenches and magic
National Novel Writing Month 2014
In about thirty days, I will be undertaking the craziest thing I have ever done: working on my eighth NaNoWriMo novel, a fairy tale serial killer plot, whilst finishing off a course entitled Writing the Zeitgeist and preparing Christmas decorations for my room. I am coming off of seven NaNo wins, even counting one where… Continue reading National Novel Writing Month 2014
The Book Muse 