On (Not) Making a Living from Writing

When visiting book clubs to talk about my novel Whisky Charlie Foxtrot I am sometimes asked if writing is ‘lucrative’. In answering this…

Journey to a Book (Part I): The Ark

Inspiration I began writing my third novel, The Ark, almost four years ago, in September 2009. I couldn’t stop thinking about Adrian Atkinson’s…

After a long fallow period following the publication of my first novel, A New Map of the Universe, 2012 has been an exciting…

The Ark The Ark is an interactive multi-media digital novel I am creating with the assistance of an Australia Council Fellowship for Emerging…

It’s no secret that writing a book takes time. A lot of time. For me, around 5 years. Or that it pays badly….

At the moment I’m in the process of applying for a grant from the West Australian Department of Culture & the Arts (DCA),…