Flag Abuse

* Finishing second draft of Quintana of Charyn and just about to go into edit. I tried very hard not to introduce new characters, but in saying that, if a character so much as sneezed in Froi of the Exiles, they’re back again in Quintana with a crucial role. Once again, it's mostly told from Froi's point of view, but this is how the novel begins (obviously not Froi's point of view):

There’s a babe in my belly that whispers the valley …


* Writing a short story for Review of Australian fiction called Ferragost. It features Lady Celie of the Flatlands and it’s set in a castle on the isle of Ferragost in Belegonia, where Celie is stranded with the Castellan of the castle and four other characters. So obviously there is a murder, as tends to happen in an isolated castle on tiny isles in Belegonia, and Celie finds herself investigating the murder and making a bit of a nuisance of herself in the eyes of Banyon, who happens to be the mysterious Castellan of the castle, who of course is harboring a secret or two himself and is also co-harbouring a bit of a crush. Ferragost will be online at www.reviewofaustralianfiction.com sometime in July with a Kirsty Eagar short story (who I’ll be conversing with some time soon on my website about point of view and curses).

* Writing an episode for Season 3 of Dance Academy. I love working with these people.

* Working on a pitch document for a 10 part TV series with Cathy Randall and our producers. A pitch document has to convince a network that they will invest money in the development of our idea and it takes weeks and days and hours to put together because you have to establish a story arc, as well as characters, as well as the setting, and convey how this is different to anything else out there, and it all has to be done in a couple of pages.

* Finally, always always always putting final touches on the Jellicoe Script to make it everything it should be.