My favourite vampires are all very scary indeed. So the idea of falling in love with one is just weird to me.

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

My Sister Rosa was bumped from the schedule. None of my books has ever been bumped before. It freaked me out.

Some worked in collaboration with each other to produce comics as well as short stories.I was partnered with Anita Roy. We critiqued each other's stories. Hers is a corker: future Masterchef. I chortled. There's not a single dud in Eat the Sky.

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

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.

Blogging, I love you no matter how out of fashion you are.