Lian Tanner's Blog, page 29

Writing classes for kids blog … and the Keepers competition

If you're interested in writing, have a look at this very interesting website, Writing Class for Kids. I've just done a lesson for it, which is up now and will tell you a bit about the inspiration behind City of Lies, the second book in the Keepers trilogy. There are also lots of other free...

Win a copy of 'The Keepers' audiobooks!

We are having a competition! *loud trumpet fanfare* The prize is the audio book (a set of six CDs) of Museum of Thieves as read by the wonderful Claudia Black, PLUS the audio book (five CDs) of City of Lies, also read by Claudia. You can listen to an excerpt from Museum of Thieves here...

Some jokes for Bald Thoke

Maria sent me these from Ohio, and I laughed out loud when I read them. So I thought I'd share them with you. Which one do you think Goldie would like best? And which would be Toadspit's favourite? TEACHER:    Why are you late? STUDENT:     Class started before I got here. ……………… TEACHER:    Maria, go to...

A corpse in the spare room

When you're an author, every experience is a useful one. (WARNING for those with tender stomachs and soft hearts: this is a rather gruesome post.) For example – last week my cat caught a mouse in the compost heap, brought it inside and then lost it. She does this occasionally, and I usually manage to...

Where do I get my ideas?

That has to be the question that authors are most frequently asked. If you'd like to know where some of the ideas in the Keepers trilogy came from, have a look at this guest post that I did recently for Kids Book Review. (But make sure you've read Museum of Thieves first, otherwise it will...

Advice for young authors

Every now and again, someone leaves a message on my blog asking for advice about writing. Now I have collected all the questions, along with my answers, into one place, here. So if you're a young author (or an old one!) looking for some helpful hints, check out the answers on this page before you...

Chicago

I've been home for a week, so it's time I got around to writing about my trip to Chicago. I had two spare days before the conference started, so spent them being a tourist (when I wasn't trying to prop my eyes open from the effects of jet-lag). Chicago is an unexpectedly beautiful city. People...

Off to Chicago

Well, I'm off to Chicago on Tuesday morning! It's a bad time to leave home, mainly because the strawberries are ripe. AND it's getting warmer, and I had my first ocean swim for the season last week – now here I am heading into very cold weather. Forecast for Wednesday is 5 degrees Celcius! Brrr!...

City of Lies launch – watch the highlights!

Before the Hobart launch of City of Lies, back at the beginning of October, I asked a friend – Glenn Jeffrey – if he'd video it. And he did a brilliant job! Here are the highlights of the launch. The people who you'll see speaking are, in order, Essie Kruckemeyer (the MC), Eva Mills (my...

Alien Onion blog

Here's the latest blog from Alien Onion, aka Allen & Unwin, my Australian publishers. It made me laugh, so I thought I'd share it with you. Alien Onion blog