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Review: ‘Out of the Shadows’ by Ashlee Nicole Bye
Nobody ever said death would be easy… From the streets of Melbourne to the bowels of Westminster, the delicate balance between life and death that is so painstakingly maintained by the reapers of The...
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Ten examples of how the English language is trolling us
Regular readers of my blog will know that my full-time job is as an editor. You’d think that I’d be fully across all the various, ugly, beautiful permutations of English and its stupid-arse spelling....
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Writing prompts
Cassandra Page:Today I’m over at Aussie Owned and Read, talking about writing prompts – two-to-three-sentence ideas to get your imagination firing and your fingers flying over the keyboard. (Or your...
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The Anatomy of a Grammar Nerd
So when Grammarly emailed me about something called the Anatomy of a Grammar nerd, I thought they’d be talking about how we have dictionaries for brains or pain receptors triggered by dangling...
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My mini writing retreat
This week I’ve been on a long-anticipated mini writing retreat. Only I didn’t stay in a house by the beach, or in a rainforest cabin, but in my own home. I took this week off work, which meant that...
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Guest post: ‘How I Became a Writer’ by Lauren K. McKellar
Today’s guest post is by the fabulous Lauren K. McKellar, who is one of my favourite contemporary authors. If you think that’s a big call, go read one of her books and see for yourself! — Cass Like...
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Plotting (and scheming): the bad guy
I’m halfway through drafting a historical fantasy inspired by Ancient Greece. I’ve had this idea in my head for two years — since before I wrote either Lucid Dreaming or Melpomene’s Daughter — and I’d...
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I Found My Green-Eyed Monster
I had a moment of personal clarity the other day. I’ve often thought that I was pretty Zen about my position in the writing world. I don’t have an agent or a publishing contract with a big press, but I...
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Kickstarter, Stacey Jay, and sexism…
Warning: this is a long post. I have my rantypants on. So there was a(nother) scandal in the YA world this week. An author going by the pen name of Stacey Jay — I gather she writes romance too, under...
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Publishing books is like investing, NOT like winning the lottery
Cassandra Page:This is a great analogy for a writing career. I’ve never really been someone that expected to win the lottery in any case! Originally posted on Tammy Farrell: Publishing books is like...
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By Your Request: Query Success Stories and Why They Were Successful — AoR Ladies
Cassandra Page:Want to see the query that landed me a contract with Turquoise Morning Press? I’m sharing it today over at Aussie Owned. Originally posted on Aussie Writers: Recently I asked you, our...
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The waiting game
Cassandra Page:On Tuesday over at Aussie Owned and Read, I wrote about the various writing-related ways I distract myself from going crazy while I wait for writing-related things. :) Originally posted...
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NaNoWriMo musings, and a pep talk
Confession: when I first heard of NaNoWriMo, I was quietly horrified. (NaNoWriMo, if you’re wondering, is National Novel-Writing Month, a challenge where participants attempt to write 50k words during...
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Hyphens: a quick and dirty guide, by the Hyphenator
It’s been a while—over a year—since I’ve “treated” you guys to a blog post about punctuation. I’ve blogged about dashes (em rules and en rules) before, and also semicolons. Today I want to talk about...
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Guest vlog and giveaway for ‘Dream Boy’
Writing With a Partner About Dream Boy Annabelle Manning feels like she’s doing time at her high school in Chilton, Virginia. She has her friends at her lunchtime table of nobodies. What she doesn’t...
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3 Reasons to Write the Book That Calls to You
There is a lot of different advice about what writers should write. I see the occasional clickbait article on social media claiming to give advice on how to write a bestseller, for example (although...
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This Writer’s Space: Ashley R. Carlson
This week on This Writer’s Space we have fellow Fall 2014 debut writer, Ashley R. Carlson — although her debut is steampunk fantasy! I love it already! Where I Write This is my office, where I write...
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This Writer’s Space: Kate Larkindale
Today on This Writer’s Space I have a fellow antipodean, Kiwi YA writer Kate Larkindale! Take it away, Kate! Where I Write This is where I write (most of the time, anyway). My partner is a recording...
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Five things to do after you finish your manuscript
Cassandra Page:In case you missed it, here’s my July post over at Aussie Owned and Read, where I make suggestions about things you can do after you finish drafting your manuscript that don’t involve...
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Cover reveal: ‘Restless in Peaceville’ by Pippa Jay
Welcome to Peaceville, population 2067 and rising…from the grave… Luke Chester has had enough. He’s the school geek, the girls laugh at him, he’s lost his dead-end job at the pizza place, and in the...
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