A difference in self loathing? Please. The only difference between a gun and a rope is the time it takes to tie the knot.

I think I've finally learned to stop worrying about how big the gaps are between my novels' publication.

If you're ever invited, fellow YA authors, go. It's the first YA con I've been to that was overwhelming populated by teens. Wonderful!

I spent the year behind on deadlines and everything else. It's only now in December that I feel even slightly caught up. 2016 has to be better.

A difference in self loathing? Please. The only difference between a gun and a rope is the time it takes to tie the knot.

The new prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, while a vast improvement on his predecessor is not doing much, if anything, to slow that process done.

The acclaim for Razorhurst means even more to me than usual because, let's be honest, Razorhurst is weird.