Yep. That's right. Today is the last day of February. Although I've gotten some stuff done, this month wasn't as productive as January. Oh well. I did get the second edit of A PATCH OF DARKNESS done, and emailed back to my editor last Friday. So I got to enjoy the w…

Magic is returning - and the world will be utterly changed. For centuries it has been locked away. Lost beneath the sea. Warded from earth, air, water, fire, spirits, thought and sight. But now magic is rising to the world once more. And a boy called Gavin, who thinks only that he is…

Her debut leap into adult fiction lands her in the small community of Claysville, a town where the dead walk free unless their graves are not properly tended. Into this eerie maelstrom, Rebekkah Barrow descends as she returns to a place that she once believed she knew. I really enjoyed…

LOL. I can't believe I've been MIA all week. But I had no choice, I've been super busy working on the second edit for A PATCH OF DARKNESS . I'm having a great time with it. And although I did reach the end this morning, I still have a few things to do before I can e…

The penultimate chapter in the thrilling vampire series! Things have taken a darker turn for the half-human teenager with an appetite for blood. Joss, a vampire slayer and Vlad’s former friend, has moved back to Bathory. A mysterious and powerful new vampire, Dorian, appears with a s…

My daughter made this drawing on her iPad. I think it's lovely. I also like how she included Loki. So cute! So, how's your week going? Mine's okay. I've spent most of the week working on the rewrite that's been haunting me for weeks, lol. I'm pleased with the …

When Wendy Everly was six-years-old, her mother was convinced she was a monster and tried to kill her. It isn't until eleven years later that Wendy finds out her mother might've been telling the truth. With the help of Finn Holmes, Wendy finds herself in a world she never knew e…

That's right! I have a brand new--and very gorgeous--cover to share: Isn't it AWESOME? I absolutely love it! Sierra looks so cool on this cover. Yeah, I'm very excited!! Thanks so much to Scott, for making it. :) Well, what do you think? Oh, and here's the bl…

Who would have guessed that four minutes could change everything? Imagine if she hadn't forgotten the book. Or if there hadn't been traffic on the expressway. Or if she hadn't fumbled the coins for the toll. What if she'd run just that little bit faster and caught the fl…

It's another sucky year at Bathory High for Vladimir Tod. The evil vampire D'Ablo is hunting for the ritual that could steal Vlad's powers. His best friend Henry doesn't want to be his drudge anymore. And as if all that weren't enough, it's getting harder for Vlad …

It seems like this year's still feeling a little wonky. At least, it is for me. I just can't seem to get my writing groove going the way I want it to. It's never happened to me before, not like this. It almost feels like my muse has taken an extended leave and is now onl…

When everyone is lying, who can you trust? Allie Sheridan's world is falling apart. She hates her school. Her brother has run away from home. And she's just been arrested. Again. This time her parents have finally had enough. They cut her off from her friends and send her away to…

No, they don't. This week I was determined to get stuck into the (extensive) rewrite of a novella that needs my immediate attention. I brainstormed a bunch of stuff for it last week, I took heaps of notes, I've been visualising the scenes I'm going to add. But when I sat do…

Shredding monsters is his stock and trade. He sniffs them out, tracks them down, and corners them. End of story. But when the tables are turned, expect the unexpected. Knowing his enemy is a rule Deacon Chalk swears by. But he's never seen anything like whatever is leaving the Atlant…

The all-new House of Night Novellas will delve into the backgrounds of some of the Tulsa House of Night's most important - and mysterious - professors. In a small southern town at the turn of the century, young Lenobia is developing into a beautiful young woman with ideas of her own.…

So what am I doing blogging? I don't usually blog on the weekend, right? Well, I'm shaking things up a bit this week. lol. I hope you've all had a great week. Here in Sydney, the weather's been playing up again. We had a nice and super hot summer day on Monday, and…

Every girl gets one. An XVI tattoo on the wrist--sixteen. Some girls can't wait to be sixteen, to be legal. Nina is not one of them. Even though she has no choice in the matter, she knows that so long as her life continues as normal, everything will be okay. Then, with one brut…

The same questions whirl round and round in my head: What does he want from me? How could I have let this happen? AM I GOING TO DIE? 17-year-old Grace wakes up in a white room, with a table, pens and paper - and no clue how she got here. As Grace pours her tangled life onto the pag…

Illustrated by hot new talent Ming Doyle, Cynthia Leitich Smith’s TANTALIZE is reimagined as a graphic novel— seen through Kieren’s werewolf eyes. As a hybrid werewolf, Kieren is destined to join an urban Wolf pack and learn to master his shift. Soon, he’ll leave everything behind: home,…

High school totally bites when you’re half human, half vampire. Freshman year sucks for Vlad Tod. Bullies still harass him. The photographer from the school newspaper is tailing him. And failing his studies could be deadly. A trip to Siberia gives “study abroad” a whole new meaning as Vl…