Writing
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#AuthorAugust26 | Day 12: Favourite Trope
I absolutely adore stone character growth, or grumpy growers. Often there’s a beautiful character arc that shows one can be vulnerable and strong, and I often relate to the difficulty of communicating with others. They usually prove that one can… Continue reading
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#AuthorAugust26 | Day 11: Tuesday Teaser: Say Nope to the Trope
First step to being isekaid: figure out if it’s the laws of the universe are the same as the life before or are completely ruled by the plot. Red hair? Red flag. Right? … Right? Say Nope to the Trope… Continue reading
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#AuthorAugust26 | Day 10: Main Character Monday: Butler
Registered under the name “Aquila”, Butler originally belonged to the McLorraine household as a high class service-droid, assisting the lady of the house from dawn til dusk. Perhaps it was bored? Perhaps it was a glitch? But when it sees… Continue reading
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#AuthorAugust26 | Day 9: Writing Struggles
Shyness. I have been very poor at sharing my work and so working on that these past six months has been a learning curve for assessing that hurdle. I sometimes lack the ability to perceive the context of others, in… Continue reading
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#AuthorAugust26 | Day 8: Status Update: Rini & Butler
Rini & Butler 293 pages Paperback eBook 63,422 words 199mm x 129mm 5.06″ x 7.81″ Releasing October 31st Will be available through many online retailers such as Kobo, Amazon, Booktopia etc., or via this website (currently available to Australia only,… Continue reading
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#AuthorAugust26 | Day 7: Frustrating Misconceptions
That “making it big” is the entire and only point of writing. People like to judge quickly based on books published or competitions won; they focus on money made, forgetting that most of us write not because we’re chasing fame… Continue reading
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#AuthorAugust26 | Day 6: Writing Process Across Books
My writing process is a little muddled to begin with, so it’s relatively the same over the course of writing but the order of the process might change. Sometimes the writing pours out way before the outline and sometimes the… Continue reading
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#AuthorAugust26 | Day 5: Move Comp
Mash up between these two, but the personalities in Hunt for the Wilderpeople are a bit reversed … and I can’t promise Rini & Butler will be as funny (ᵕ—ᴗ—) Continue reading
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#AuthorAugust26 | Day 3: Main Character Monday: Rini
Rini is one of the two central characters for my novel Rini & Butler, releasing October 2026. Rini is about twelve-years-old and lives in the middle of a small mountain wedged into the side of an Australian city that’s forgot… Continue reading
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#AuthorAugust26 | Day 2: Tell Us About Your Book
Rini & Butler is a mild science-fiction novel that asks the question: what happens when an android actually considers the literal meaning of its core laws? He runs away, steals an umbrella and picks up an Australian accent, of course.… Continue reading
