Author of Young Adult Fantasy
Oh, it’s you. Again. [nibble, nibble, nibble] Deb’s not here. [scratch, rub front paws together] She’s in Auckland. Visiting her daughter. Which is good. She brings treats back for Sharp Tooth and Squeaky so I get a few paw fulls when she’s not looking. I can answer your question [pauses] The hardest part of writing a […]
No. Because I know I just have to turn up and write, but let me explain that further. There’s times when the story isn’t working and sometimes that’s because I’m trying to push it in the wrong direction or sometimes it’s because I don’t have enough information for that scene or that part of the […]
This is the biggest question of all. How to find time to write. I have to be very clear about making it a priority in my life. I can’t afford to wait until I feel like it. But I’ve also got to be careful to honour the times when it’s just impossible to write. I’m […]
Easy. A crumb here, a cable there, so many things to eat, chew through, and run up. Then there’s cuddles with Malia and Hey, come here you rascal…here, in your cage. I like this question. It’s something I think about a lot. In fact, I’ve written about it on my Substack ‘Walking in Divine Mysteries’ […]
Grandpa once told me something that I still don’t quite believe: writers used to write on paper and stories made great snacks. A rat could nibble on them. Around the edges or – if they had time before being discovered – right through the middle. And they made even better nests. Now? Well, Deb writes […]
When I was a young girl we lived in the country. I grew up to the sound of cicadas, walked on my hands and knees around the garden with the family cat, sat in the branches of trees and thought about nothing in particular, lay in the tall grass and made up songs, waded in […]