It’s a year since my debut novel for adults was published by Affirm Press. Happy birthday One Punch! A massive thankyou to everyone who has read or listened to the book, written a review, posted a pic, or shared the book with friends. It’s been an incredible year! As first birthdays are a big deal,Continue reading “Five tips for launching your debut novel”
Tag Archives: Archibald Prize
Books, mountains and Archie
We don’t bother too much with winter in Queensland, but this year it feels like we’ve overlooked it entirely. A couple of chilly mornings and that was it, which might explain why my photo gallery is looking so much more impressive than my word count. It’s been too glorious to be indoors at my desk.Continue reading “Books, mountains and Archie”
Archibald stories
It takes me thousands and thousands of words to flesh out a character, but how clever are the artists who can capture someone without needing to use any words at all. I was blown away (again) by the finalists in the Archibald Prize for portrait painting at the Art Gallery of NSW. So many great stories here, but hereContinue reading “Archibald stories”
Without words
It’s not often the internet can be accused of underselling anything, but no amount of online browsing prepared me for my recent visit to the Art Gallery of NSW to see the finalists of the Archibald Prize. The winner – Fiona Lowry’s portrait of architect Penelope Seidler, blew me away. You have to stand inContinue reading “Without words”
Julie Fison 