There's nothing quite like writing "The end" at the bottom of a first draft. Today I finished the first draft of what I hope will be the first of my new cosy mystery series "Squadron". I still have a lot of work to do, and already have pages of notes of changes to make and …
“Winner Winner Chicken Dinner” Cosy Mystery
What's it all about? Feathers fly when the president of the district poultry club and his prize-winning rooster are brutally murdered just days before the district agricultural show. Senior Constable Ivy Driscoll has been transferred to the rural police station of Donnywell following a scandal at her city precinct. But no sooner has she arrived …
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Writing Update! “Castlemains Crush”
Amazing news—my rural romance, "Castlemaine Crush," is finally ready for pitching. It has been a while since I updated you on my writing projects generally and this particular project, which is 18 months behind schedule. I have loads of excuses for my tardiness (in the last 18 months my mother developed pancreatic cancer and died, …
Made the paper!
Something a bit special - The play I wrote for the Blue Roo Theatre Company for their Kingaroy (South Burnett) program was performed and well received. It even got a write up in the local paper. Lovely to see me name in print without "was alleged to" anywhere in the text :)

