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What Have We Learned?
What do J.M. Peace, Alex Hammond, Athena Daniels, Emma Viskic, Kendall Talbot and Jock Serong all have in common? They are brilliant writers, they dropped by my blog this year, and they have all been generous in sharing some tips for aspiring and emerging writers. As I interviewed Kathryn Ledson and Greg Barron late last…
Ned Kelly Gong For Jock Serong
A highlight of each month is introducing you to my guest author. Jock Serong is my featured author for November. He lives and works on the far southwestern coast of Victoria, writing magazine features and is currently working on his third novel. His debut, Quota, was published in 2014 through Text Publishing and won the…
Coming Soon!
Ah, the highs and lows of being an author! Yesterday morning, I was able to reveal my book cover for Black Saturday. Isn't it cool? And it looks fab alongside the updated one for Tell Me Why, doesn’t it? But then later yesterday, my publisher informed me that due to unforeseeable production delays Black Saturday…
Kendall Talbot Doubles Up Crime and Romance
I first met my special guest at the Australian Romance Readers Association book-signing event in Melbourne this August. We were seated adjacent because of our surnames but happen to both straddle the crime and romance genres. Kendall Talbot is an award-winning author of crime and romantic suspense. She is also a thrill seeker, hopeless romantic…
Emma Viskic Orchestrates First Release
My special guest for September is Emma Viskic and her debut crime novel is hot off the press. Emma has won two of Australia’s premier crime fiction short story awards: the Ned Kelly S.D. Harvey Award (2014), and the New England Thunderbolt Prize (2013). A classical clarinettist by training, she lives in Melbourne with her…
Still Coming Down To Earth
Wow, just wow, is how I am still feeling, along with an incredible gratitude to my readers and peers! What an honour and thrill to receive the 2015 Davitt Award Readers' Choice on Saturday night (Saturday 29 August 2015), as voted by the 660 members of Sisters in Crime Australia. Much of the evening is…
Legal Thrills For Alex Hammond
I am pleased to feature Alex Hammond as my special guest author for August. He is an Australian crime fiction writer who caught my attention with his first novel, Blood Witness, a contemporary crime thriller set in Melbourne featuring defence lawyer Will Harris. His debut was shortlisted for the 2014 Ned Kelly Award for Best…
Breathe…In…Out…In Athena Daniels-Style
Romantic suspense/romantic thriller author Athena Daniels is my special guest this month. She lives on Perth’s northern beaches. Athena loves writing, reading and chocolate, in any order. The adrenaline fires with just this excerpt snippet from her debut novel Desperate. “Breathe. In … out … in … out.” Sandi: Tell us about your first published…
J.M. Peace Juggles Being Copper And Novelist
This month, my special guest author (and the first to be featured in Series II of my author interviews and collections of author tips) is J.M. Peace. As a serving police officer on the Sunshine Coast and over the past 15 years J.M. (aka Jay) has worked throughout south-east Queensland in a variety of different…
Who Will Be Next?
Last year, I had the pleasure of hosting a range of lovely and talented authors on my blog. Between them, they have books published in the genres of young adult forensic thriller, funny romantic crime, action thriller, police procedural, historical and rural romance, psychological thriller, comedy-crime, romantic suspense, urban fantasy, gothic mystery, true crime and…
