June's Author Digest: A New First Draft Finished!

The past month has flown by! Between COVID, a solo writing retreat, finishing a new manuscript (hurray—and more on that further down!) one of my daughters having her first round of Year 11 exams and my other daughter coming in from Sydney for a couple of soul-restoring visits, we’ve somehow hit the midpoint of the year.

Normally around this time I’d be starting to work on early publicity and marketing for an upcoming book release. But, as you know, I don’t have a book coming out this year—you ca...