Interview with Jodi Magness

Conversation about Masada with Professor Jodi Magness Jodi Magness is a Classical and Biblical archaeologist specializing in ancient Palestine (modern Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian territories) from the time of Jesus up to the tenth century. Recently she was...

On the home straight. Kind of.

When I started this website, I was determined to post on a regular basis. That really fell apart these last few years – funny how having two kids will do that do you. But I’ll persevere, and every now and again, I’ll pop something new up. The best...

QWC Short Story Competition

Several months ago I attended a workshop on short stories. It was incredibly informative, run by local author Karenlee Thompson, and involved a number of inspiration and development exercises for writing short stories. We were handed a number of photos, one per table,...

Third Book Launched

It’s been a busy year. I chose to knuckle down and get To Kill An Emperor written and published – with the result that it was successfully launched last Saturday 4th November! I also was accepted into Futurevision, a short story anthology by Australian...

New Year, New Book

It’s the end of January already and I managed to avoid posting anything for almost 2 months. Writing has been a bit hit and miss with family and other dramas, but if you follow my page on Facebook you’ll see I’ve been making progress! Research on the...

Coming up to Christmas

November was a crazy-busy month with book signings at Angus & Robertson Brookside, Supanova, Mary Ryan’s Milton and Dymocks Chermside. December is gearing up to be just as busy with the pre-Christmas rush. I did a signing at Dymocks North Lakes last weekend...