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Riding the changes

Lucy Culliton still life, currently showing at the Mosman Art Gallery I was talking to a neighbour the other day whose close friend is a novelist. She was saying that her friend’s now given up writing...

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Happy New Year

My wishes for you, for a better 2015: To find even the tiniest way to follow your heart a bit more this year, and wishing you the courage to do so. Just more: more health, more love, more fulfilment,...

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Running away with the circus

It being school holidays my friend Jess and I decided to take the smalls to Circus Factory at the Powerhouse Museum. We thought it might be more fun for them than us. How wrong we were! Wending our way...

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Five books worth reading

We’re in the process of packing up the house for renovation so I’ve spent the last two weekends culling furniture, clothes, crockery and – wowsers – about 100 titles from my bookshelves. It was either...

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Perfect, perfect song

Totally addicted to this new track by Florence + The Machine: “And with one kiss, you inspired a fire of devotion that lasts for twenty years. What kind of man loves like this? To let me dangle at a...

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Thinking visually: behind the scenes at Major & Tom

Under the jacket, A Life in Frocks Pages from A Life in Frocks: a memoir It’s hard to imagine publishing a book that won’t allow me to use visual cues to get my message across. There’ll be a jacket...

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A few of my favourite things

TO READ: THE STORIED LIFE OF AJ FIKRY Bookish folk, this is for you. The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin is a perfect novel about a failing bookstore, its cranky owner, a perky sales rep...

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Feeding the book

Owl by Nathalie Lete Neil Gaiman calls it his ‘staring at the wall’ phase. Carrie Tiffany hosted a workshop at Faber Academy and described it as being like ‘a car without gas’. Kazuo Ishiguro writes...

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Some news

Early artist’s impression of one of the characters in Precious Things by my dear, talented friend, Jessica Guthrie Exciting news, which I can finally share with you lovelies! This was published in...

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8 lessons learned

Kathleen Turner in Romancing the Stone, aka me at my desk. Carrie Bradshaw we ain’t. I recently sent off the last big structural edit for Precious Things and it’s such a relief. It was the most fun...

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Putting imagination into (cover) images

Mood board for Precious Things HarperCollins is in the process of designing the cover for my first novel, Precious Things. I’m so excited to see it – it should be ready in the next few weeks, and...

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Writing groups and getting into character

An image to work from: my late 1800s, early 1900s character So I’ve joined a writing group. Our plan is to share a piece of writing – possibly a chapter, possibly a short passage – in the interim since...

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One month to go…

In the midst of seemingly endless proofreads and edits it’s been easy to lose sight of the fact that the publication date for Precious Things is almost here. Just over a month until the book hits...

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The path to publication: a timeline

Inspiration for an historical chapter in Precious Things: Anna May Wong in the 1930s One of the topics I’m always interested to hear other authors talk about is how their novel came to be published,...

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Merci Beaucoup

A little something to say thank you for following the blog. Click here for a free sampler of the prologue and first chapter of Precious Things, and here to pre-order the book from Booktopia. For more...

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Happy International Women’s Day

I write about women for women. Motherhood, marriage and career, as well as art and fashion; these are the themes that most intrigue me and are what I want to read about myself. Let’s face it, the only...

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Culture Street article

Do you follow Culture Street? It’s a great site featuring reviews of the latest films and books, recipes, giveaways and interviews. I’m thrilled to be featured as their April Author of the Month, and...

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Creating Characters that Matter

  Is there any better time of the year in the book lover’s calendar than Sydney Writers’ Festival? It’s my favourite Sydney event; when authors, journalists and thinkers from around the world grace our...

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Fairfax interview for SMH, The Age & Canberra Times

A few weeks ago I had a lovely chat with Canberra Times journalist Karen Hardy about writing Precious Things. Here’s the resulting article, which was syndicated across Fairfax newspapers last weekend:...

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Adventures in audio

We hear about people making big life changes all the time, but how do you know when you’re having an epiphany? In my experience, most lightbulb moments have been more like the faint glow that seeps in...

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