A fan

I had a lovely thing happen to me this morning. I got a message from a “fan”. The delightful thing is that I don’t know this person at all. They said how much they enjoyed my book, Beast-speaker, and said they’re looking forward to book two....

I have seen the future

Sorry I missed posting last week due to illness. I’d like to thank you all for your concerned emails but as I didn’t get any I’ll just move on. Do any of you watch The Block? (Australian TV show in which contestants are taken to an apartment block...

Dreams are weird

I find the phenomenon of dreams quite fascinating. Some people dream only occasionally, while others dream a lot. I dream every night and, quite often, I have several dreams during the one night. Most of the time they’re interesting, exciting and colourful. I...

A word from Mum

A message from Mother Earth. Quite frankly, children, I am appalled at your behaviour. I want you all to pack up your toys and go straight to your rooms. You can come back out when you can play nicely together. Don’t give me any back-chat or, so help me,...

Handicapped?

When I was still in primary school (grade school for my American friends) my father had resigned from his job. They were promoting younger men above him and he’d finally had enough. He was without work for, I think, about a year and in those days without the...