Welcome to Episode 4 of this blog series:


YA Authors in Conversation!



I am so pleased to be hosting #LoveOzYA fantasy indie author Helen Scheuerer today.

If you haven't got your hands on her excellent debut novel, Heart of Mist, it's truly worth a look. It was one of my top reads of 2017! The next novel in The Oremere Chronicles trilogy, Reign of Mist, is due out on the 13th of September 2018.

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I had the opportunity to ask Helen some questions about her work, so read on for our interview:

​I have always been a massive fan of fairytales, and all the old and creepy ones have fascinated me for years.

I recently came across an article that I found very interesting, which was talking about the first recorded instance of the earliest form of a wedding dress. Wedding dresses and wedding ceremonies are so embedded in the world's culture these days that I had to stop and realise that of course it hasn't always been that way. 

In fact, the wedding dress is a fairly new invention, as this article points out. 

But the thing that interested me, was the earliest recorded text of a wedding dress (acording to this article) was a Chinese fairytale... which I have outlined below the break if you are interested.

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Another month gone by already! Oh my, where has the year gone?
Said everyone who ever existed...
 
But it's true, this month is gone and now it’s the second half of the year.
Yikes.

​​Pursuit of Happiness.
Kid Cudi.


Tell me what you know about dreams
Tell me what you know about the night terrors nothin'



I'm on the pursuit of happiness and I know
Everything that shine ain't always gonna be gold 

I'll be fine once I get it, get it in

I'll be good

I love the idea of a story having elements that may be real or not real, a blend of reality that is left entirely to the watcher or reader to choose their own version of events.
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It is both a clever form of storytelling and an avenue to get watchers / readers really mulling over a story when it's over, a way to make them question the version of events provided and make up their own mind and opinion on the outcome.
 
And anything that leaves a watcher / reader thinking about a story long after it is over, is definitely a really good thing.

I'm a bit obsessed with this real or not real idea, and have been thinking about it a lot due to a current manuscript I've been working on, so read on for some extra waffling on this fun topic! 

Major Spoilers for:

• Pan's Labyrinth (Film) and  In the Skin of a Monster (Book) 

Welcome to episode 3 of the blog series:

YA authors in conversation!

I am very excited to be hosting #LoveOzYA author, Allayne Webster today on my blog.

Allayne is the author of multiple YA and middle grade novels, including her most recent release, The Centre of My Everything.


We had a lovely chat about her novel, her writing, and how she tackled some pretty heavy content in her story.

I hope you enjoy Allayne's answers as much as I did!


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Well, I left this a little late!
 
What did I do in May?
 

I did what I always do, I read, I wrote, I watched shit-loads of TV drama and I went to work 9 to 5....
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Exciting stuff, eh?

 
Yup.

No Better.
Lorde.



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And everywhere we go I can feel the subtle taste
Of the deeds outgrown and the welcome overstayed

And you're no better at swimming than you were in the beginning

But you come over at night and we practice all the breathing

Welcome to Episode 2 of my blog series:

YA Authors in conversation! 


I am so happy to be hosting Penni Russon today, an Australian YA author whose beautiful writing has utterly caught my imagination. 

I had a lot of fun asking Penni questions about her inspiration and writing journey and I hope you enjoy reading her answers as much as I did!

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