aungkyawthein: The Ark – final image set (Doomsday Bunker project based on a novel called “The Ark” by Annabel Smith.)

A Bee in My Bonnet or Idioms in Fiction

Reading the first draft of my new novel The Ark, my friend Robyn brought my attention to my frequent use of idiom. In…

The Nit Comb or The Importance of Editing

Last week in The Guardian, Rick Gekoski published an article on the importance of editing, in response to the revelation that esteemed publisher…

I’m currently in the process of editing my novel Whisky Charlie Foxtrot for publication. It’s always a fascinating process having new eyes reading…

I wrote my first two novels in longhand, with old-fashioned pencils on scrap paper. But The Arkwas a book of digital communications. It…

My first novel A New Map of the Universe was published by UWA Publishing. For a first novel, by an unknown author, with…