I handle life in Melbourne weather-wise like this: One-third: It’s too hot! Why don’t we have air-con? How can anyone stand this? I’m going back to London. One-third: It’s freezing in this house. Why aren’t all Melbourne houses fitted with…
I’ve been having trouble with voice and perspective recently. My YA novel, Girl, Aloud (Girl Out Loud in the USA) is written in first-person present tense, which gets a lot of schtick from certain quarters. I didn’t think about the…
The editor-turned-writer can have a curious split personality. This is true of me, anyway. Ask me for advice on how to write a covering letter, what to send to the slush pile or for the translation of ‘it’s not commercial…
Girl Out Loud, Scholastic June 2012
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