Yes the round up is up early!  It’s a small one because I’m a bit busy at the moment. Friday is the first day of our National Confere...

Such a busy week, Monday started with the   NZ National Librarians Children’s Book Awards. A great night with some expected and unexpe...

I’ve been thinking about content lately.  Content is the new word for story. Container is the new word for form that the story comes ...

This week I’m still digesting the mega online Indie publishing conference Indie ReCon . I still haven’t caught up with all of the onlin...

Last week I had to come to terms with the fact that writers are mortal, that the world you loved to visit in a new book by a favourite ...

The publishing world woke up yesterday to the news that Mal Peet had died suddenly . There was a collective Whaaat Noooo gasp around W...

. @ardit_haliti You think I should write something where nobody dies? Hmm... it wouldn't be easy. I'm all about the death. — J.K....

This morning parts of New Zealand were declared officially in drought. (finally…) The kids have gone back to school.  The floor sti...

Another week of hot weather and crunching numbers... here in my house.  I’m doing budgets for our National Conference and pulling my ...