It’s blog tour day 8 and I’m visiting Alphabet Soup magazine where editor Rebecca Newman is interviewing me about my research techniques and asking questions to discover whether all that historical research is really any fun. Visit the Samurai Kids website to find a Webquest for How to Build a Samurai Ryu Tomorrow you can…
It’s blog tour day 6 and I’m doing two things at once. Isn’t cyberspace wonderful? Today I’m visiting Sally Murphy’s Writing For Children Blog to talk with Sally Murphy (author of many books for children including the verse novel, Pearl Verses the World) about book promotion and how to harness cyber resources. I’m also speaking…
It’s blog tour day 4 and I’m visiting Spinning Pearls where I’m talking with author and manuscript assessor Sally Odgers (too many books to name but the Jack Russell Dog Detective series and the e-Manual (Giving our Kids) A Reason to Write are just two examples) to discuss ‘the hour of the rat’ and how…
I’m really thrilled to be heading to Canberra’s Asia Bookroom. Like a bee in a honeypot can’t compare to Sandy in a bookstore specialising in Asia titles with lots of history and books about Samurai Japan on the shelves. I’m taking my piggy bank and hoping to get some Korean history books to supplement my…
It’s blog tour day 1. An easy day for me. Niya Moto, the narrator of the Samurai Kids series is doing all the talking. Check out his interview at Dee Scribe Writing where Dee White, author of the recently released YA novel, Letters to Leonardo will be finding out what it’s really like to be…
I’ve never been one to splash my mug shot around (one look and you will see why *grin*) but… I never had one that looked like this before. One of the wonderful things that happened to me as a result of beginning to write was I connected with a huge pool of wonderful authors and…
The conversation went like this: “When I was pretending to be an author today…” and I told the story. My much-loved friend, always brutally honest and tactless, rolled her eyes. “Give it a rest, Sandy, it’s getting bit tired. You are an author. You’ve had lots of books published and you’ve got that award sticker…
Last week I was on the receiving end of two wonderful reviews – the sort that bring a tear to an author’s eye. Now that I’ve put the soggy tissue away, here’s a sample of what was said: For Shaolin TigerAs with the earlier volumes, it’s a story told with warmth and wisdom, and Sandy…
I keep being asked why I haven’t blogged my recent shortlisting in the 2009 CBCA Younger Readers category. Aren’t you thrilled they ask? Oh yes. Very, very, very thrilled. Also astounded and humbled. But most of all, for once in my life, absolutely wordless.
I was surprised to discover it’s still International Polar Year (IPY), a large scientific programme focusing on the Arctic and the Antarctic. Australian research scientist Ian Allison is the leader of the Ice, Ocean, Atmosphere and Climate Programme. IPY is really two years – from March 2007 to March 2009. I found all this out…
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