There is a new downloads page here on my website. It has desktop wallpaper, sample chapters, even a Blood Brothers crossword! There is also a Lost Letter from Ping. This should be read in conjunction with the latest Dragonkeeper book, Blood Brothers. Everyone who has been emailing me asking what happened to Ping after the end … Continued
While I was in Brisbane a few weeks ago, I received an envelope of letters from Year 3 students at New Farm State School. Their teacher had read Dragonkeeper to them, and they had written to tell me that they enjoyed it. Some of them also drew some lovely pictures, inspired by the book. Here … Continued
Anyone who purchases a copy of Blood Brothers at the official Melbourne Writers Festival bookshop, Dymocks at Federation Square will also receive a copy of a lost letter from Ping. Blood Brothers is the 4th book in the Dragonkeeper series, and it is set 400 years after the end of Dragon Moon. Readers often ask … Continued
The London Olympics are in full swing, and this year is the first time that every participating nation has sent women competitors. In another first, the USA has more women in their Olympic team than men. Overall, female athletes still only make up 40% of contestants, and it has been a long, hard road to … Continued
The Olympic Games are nearly upon us. My second Olympic blog is about the Marathon. Ancient Inspiration The founder of the Olympic Games, Baron de Coubertin, wanted an event that would be a real Olympic highlight. He invented the Marathon to fill that spot. Inspired by the ancient Greek messenger who ran from the Plain of Marathon … Continued
In the final countdown to the 2012 Olympic Games, I thought I might write a couple of blog posts on the subject. This is the first. The list of Olympic events varies a little from one Games to the next, but the list is pretty stable. In earlier Games, there were some rather odd events. … Continued
I get a lot of requests from young people wanting to know how to become a writer. This is how! You take every opportunity to write, such as entering competitions like these. Write Across Victoria Competition For Victorian students in years 7, 8 and 9. Write a story of up to 500 words using the … Continued
Just lately I have been blogging a lot about books that were important to me as a child. First as part of my blog tour and then as a guest on Michael Pryor’s blog. One book I didn’t include is an encyclopedia that was given to me when I was about eight. It’s called The … Continued
Today is the last day of my Blog Tour, and it is hosted by the Read in a Single Sitting book review site. I am talking about what it’s like to write about a culture that is not my own. Thanks to all of my blog hosts. It’s been a whirlwind tour, which I’ve really … Continued
It’s the second to last day of my Blog Tour. Today it’s hosted by the lovely Shirley Marr, a fellow black dog books author, on her Books on Marrs site. I am talking about how I came to write Blood Brothers, after all I had been saying for some time that I was not going … Continued