Apr 27, 2013

Flash Fiction Fairy Tales – done

April 27, 2013 By 2 Comments

Flash fiction pieces done

I’m a bit excited right now. I have submitted my flash fiction fractured fairy tales for the Chapter Book Challenge anthology. I have made the May 1 deadline with a few days to spare.

The fact that I’ve finished the pieces and submitted the drafts before the cut off is amazing right now as life has been busy with work, kids and editing my chapter book.

I suppose that when this book is published, I’ll no longer be able to consider myself a pre-published author and will have to update my website and bio.

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Apr 13, 2013

Biting the Bullet

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Biting the bullet and submitting my manuscript

Last year, I won a flash fiction competition for my story My Princess Wears a Superman Cape and I’ve been editing it to turn it in to a picture book manuscript. It’s been through professional critiques as well as through my critique partners and beta readers. This was one of the pieces I was thinking about when I wrote my last post.

After the comments on the post as well as on my Facebook page, I’ve decided to bit the bullet and get it ready for submission. [Read more...]

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Dec 6, 2012

I’m in a resource book!

December 6, 2012 By 1 Comment

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A little while ago, I heard about the Women As Entrepreneurs resource book they were putting together. I commented when they did a Facebook call out looking for the online resources we couldn’t do without.

To make a long story short, I received sponsorship from the amazing people at PlanBig to be included in the book, along with two other female entrepreneurs. I had a few short days to get everything written and an updated photograph. Thankfully I was attending an awards night and my brother was the photographer, so I was able to get a new photo. [Read more...]

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Aug 26, 2012

New Frontier Publishing

August 26, 2012 By 8 Comments

Author Submission Pack

A few weeks ago, I followed a link someone shared on Facebook to New Frontier Publishing. As I write picture books and chapter books, I checked them out.

They have a brilliant product that might be of interest to other authors out there – it’s called the Author Submission Pack. It’s $60 plus postage and includes three picture books and two chapter books. See the photo to see the books I received.

As well as the books, there is an explanation of each one.

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Aug 17, 2012

Writing short stories…

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Writing short stories…

Over the last few months, I have been writing many different things – short stories, chapter books, picture books, novels, even the occasional report for work! It’s been challenging and a lot of fun exploring these different styles.

One thing I’ve discovered is what I can write easily and what seems forced. The shorter pieces seem to flow much better than longer ones…

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