Late last year I was lucky enough to receive from Allen and Unwin, an advance copy of The Story Teller, by Jodi Picoult, to review. I devoured the book in a day or two, it was brilliant. Here's my review: Jodi Picoult never fails to deliver. In “The Storyteller” she succeeds, as always, in capturing … Continue reading Review: Jodi Picoult – The Storyteller
Author: Heather Ewings
Heather Ewings is a Tasmanian writer of mostly speculative fiction. With an MA in History, and a fascination with myth and folklore, her work weaves our world with the world of the other: of spirits, and mythological beings, and sometimes even magic.
Blog of the Year 2012 Award
Well I have been a little slack over the christmas/new year period. I rushed out a post on xmas day, as many of you would have seen, but have done very little else, so it was high time for me to get back into the swing of things! In December I received a Blog of … Continue reading Blog of the Year 2012 Award
Season’s Greetings!
Merry Christmas, Happy Solstice, etc etc to all my readers! Hope you all have the opportunity to gather with loved ones and celebrate. This year has been amazing and I am thankful for so many things: First and foremost, of course, is my family - my partner, who supports and encourages me in all things, and … Continue reading Season’s Greetings!
A Perfect Place for Surprises
I wanted to show you my favouritist place in the whole world! (yes, I know favouritist isn't a word lol - but it needed to be emphasised here) This is The Paddocks (not quite it's real name, but we can't have everyone flooding the place!). I've been here about half a dozen times since my … Continue reading A Perfect Place for Surprises
Top 10 Aussie Books to Read Before you Die
First I'd like to say hello and welcome all my followers and likers! Please feel free to come and join in the conversation and share your thoughts! 🙂 The other day I watched "The First Tuesday Book Club". I've been wanting to watch it since it first came on television, several years ago, but for … Continue reading Top 10 Aussie Books to Read Before you Die
Feel like your story isn’t ready?
So, I've finished a story. It's been edited several times over, and is as good as I can get it, for this moment at least. Sometimes I know a story is good when I send it out, most times I don't - most times I feel embarrassed that I am sending out such drivel!! Sometimes … Continue reading Feel like your story isn’t ready?
Inspiration via Nanowrimo – and our final winner!!
One of the things I absolutely love about National Novel Writing Month, are the Pep Talks. Emails from published authors, encouraging all the writers out there to keep on writing. Today's Pep Talk was from Nick Hornby. His words of encouragement need to be shared with the wider writing world. All of us who worry … Continue reading Inspiration via Nanowrimo – and our final winner!!
Nanowrimo 2012
Ah Nano! I love it! This is my fifth year of taking part in NaNoWriMo, and I am pleased to say I have been successful each time, some more than others. This year, I was excited to be writing a sequel for a novel I wrote during Camp Nano in June. To my memory, Red … Continue reading Nanowrimo 2012
Hooray for 50k!!! :D
Just a very quick note to say Hooray! I've made it - story is finished at... 50,224 is the current word count. I have to wait until tomorrow (or maybe Monday??) to validate, and the Nanowrimo validation calculator always counts my words differently so I will come back with a final word count then...
Favourite Nano Videos, Progress to Date, and a Winner!
I have been procrastinating. It's particularly bad today, because I now had a clear outline of how to get this story to the end... I spent half an hour yesterday (or maybe it was the day before... it's all blurred together at the moment), working out how this story was going to end, and how … Continue reading Favourite Nano Videos, Progress to Date, and a Winner!
Heather Ewings 