Lian Tanner's Blog, page 23

Latest news on ‘Ice Breaker’

Well, I thought Ice Breaker was as good as finished. After all, I had a contract with my Australian publishers, and we were about to start the copy-editing process. But one can never be entirely sure of these things. Last week I had an email from my American agent saying that she’d like me to...

Drawings and bushfires

One of my favourite things is when people send me cool pictures they have made, or drawings or photos. Especially when it’s not even a competition. This week, two drawings came from Lily. Here’s what she had to say: ‘I spent all afternoon working on this drawing. It was meant to be rough, but I...

Dress-up competition – the winners!

I think this was probably the hardest thing I have ever had to judge. I’ve been looking at the photos over and over for the last few days, trying to decide who was the winner and who came second and third. What made it even harder was that it sort of became a photography competition...

Some last minute entries

Hooray, at the very last moment, a stack of competition entries arrived in my inbox! I’m very pleased that we had so many, at such a busy time of year. But of course it makes the whole thing much harder to judge … So here they are, the final entries. I’ve made them a bit...

Time is running out …

Time is running out if you want to enter the dress-up competition! It closes at midnight on December 31st, which is tomorrow night if you are in Australia, and a bit longer than that if you are in the USA. In the meantime, Miss Mouse and I are delighted by the new entries that have...

A new entry for the dress-up comp

It’s Boxing Day, and I’m still full from Christmas lunch, but I promised I’d put up the next entry, so here goes. This one is from Harry, aged 10, and is the coolest picture of Toadspit, in the snow with his sword. One of the things I really like about the entries that have come...

Not a competition entry, but …

I’m getting a bit worried about the dress-up competition. We’ve had two terrific entries – and no more. Maybe it was a mistake having it so close to Christmas. Or maybe everyone is waiting until the last minute to enter. So if you are intending to enter, how about dropping a comment below, so that...

Keepers dress-up – the second entry

Yes, I am very pleased to say that we have another entry in the dress-up competition – which also seems to be a bit of an acting competition. Which is fine by me. The curious thing is that the first entry was from Lily, and the second entry is from Lilli. Who will the next...

Keepers dress-up competition – the first entry

Hooray! I am happy, Miss Mouse is happy, even the dead fish behind the sofa has a smile on its face. We have received the very first entry for the dress-up competition! And it comes from … LOUD DRUM ROLL … Lily, in northern Tasmania! Thank you, Lily. And I can’t wait to thank everyone...

‘What did you steal?’

I just love getting pictures from my readers, especially when those pictures were inspired by the Keepers. Here’s a picture that Romi sent through, and this is what she had to say about it: I really love the quote ‘What did you steal?’ … ‘Myself’ from  Museum of Thieves and have been doing collaging quite...