2019 – Chasing mermaids and adventure

Happy New Year. The last year of the 2010s. (I’m just a little bit excited about the 2020’s but that is a story for another day). If you follow me on Facebook,  Instagram or Twitter, you may have seen that I spent New Year on a cruise ship somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. It was...

Lessons from a learner: Author signing events

Earlier this month I had the privilege of attending the West Coast Fiction Festival. In short, it was amazing. It was a fantastic day spent in a room full of authors, books, and booklovers; followed by a night of drinks and dancing with those same people. (Disclaimer: I was on the organising committee, in particular...

The numbers game

Fun fact about me: both my parents are mathematicians. True story. Mum is a statistician who does clever things with numbers (she has a PhD in medical statistics), Dad lectures in maths at Perth university (this is his second career, I'll write more about childhood a different time). However, maths is not my favourite subject....

An author’s adventures in … Balingup

What did I do over the weekend? I put on a dress and boots, and took my cloak (and a daughter) on road trip. One the last weekend in August, the tiny town of Balingup in South West Western Australia comes to life in a magical way hosting a Medieval Carnivale. Miss 17 and I...

What Catie read next: The Gender Game (Bella Forrest)

I’m totally late to the party, but I have recently been introduced to Bella Forrest. Ever since I read ‘The Hunger Games’ I’ve been on the hunt for dystopian books. (I don’t know how I missed an entire genre before then; especially a genre I enjoy so much. Go figure. Although, admittedly, I initially read...

Pathway to publication: Why am I here?

Well, I am hoping you are here because you’re interested in finding out more about me. And finding out more about my books so you are prepared for when they are ready to be unleashed on the world. If not, can we pretend that’s why you’re here? It will make me feel good. But why...