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Pre-order Takeshita Demons on Amazon UK Fantastic! Takeshita Demons is set to become a trilogy! Plus we're working with Judge Dredd artist Siku to include awesome illustrations throughout. You can pre-order book 1 of the Takeshita Demons series at Amazon UK...go on! Give yourself a present! |
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Follow me! After loads of writing and editing and working to find a publisher, my first novel, Takeshita Demons, is on the way. Follow my progress into the world of the “published writer” at my blog on the road to getting published or on Twitter. |
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Takeshita Demons wins Frances Lincoln Diverse Voices Book Award Takeshita Demons, my 20,000-word adventure romp for younger readers, has won the Frances Lincoln Diverse Voices Children's Book Award. The prize includes option for Frances Lincoln books to publish the MS. |
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Winner: Voices on the Coast 2008 One Weekend with Killiecrankie, has won the 2008 Voices on the Coast writing competition, held in Queensland as part of a youth literature festival. Thanks to Varuna House and Julia Lawrinson for all their help and advice! |
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Delving into microfiction A piece of microfiction I wrote one super-sunny Perth afternoon has been published by OneFifty. It’s called “When we knew” and it’s pretty much based on fact. |
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National manuscript award My first children’s manuscript, One Weekend with Killiecrankie, has won a “Young and Emerging Writer” fellowship, awarded by Varuna House. This means I have been selected as one of five emerging young writers in Australia...Yee ha! |
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Short story award My short story, “Shiny white caresses,” has been shortlisted in the Australian National Youth Week “Writeit” competition. It’s about a guy with a phobia about blowflies. |