BELINDA: Tell us about living amongst other cultures. GLENDA: I’m a white Australian, but I married a man from an Islamic culture that is also Asian and matriarchal. (Hey, every woman should marry into a matriarchy, right?) At 25, I […]
Shiulie Ghosh is a TV journalist, chicken curry devotee and author of the Daughter of Kali series, about an Anglo-Indian teen, Hindu mythology and butt-kicking awesomeness. (Psst. These are so on my to-read list!) BELINDA: Tell us about Daughter of […]
Shannon Humphrey is the author of Skin Trials, a sci-fi series about genetic engineering and the truths that lie under the skin. BELINDA: Tell us about Seren, what inspired her? As a trial lawyer, I deal with a lot of […]
BELINDA: Tell us about the science in the Epoch Series. TOASHA: My series is set in a mildly distant future. Natural progression of some technology has made it look and feel different to what we’re used to today, but not […]
Clare Rhoden is an Australian sci-fi author. Her trilogy, Chronicles of the Pale, imagines a future ravaged by climate change and conflict. BELINDA: Tell us about Mashtuk. CLARE: Mashtuk is one of the canini, who are genetically-modified wolf-dogs with prolonged […]
On August 8 2019 at 9:30am, I launched my first Kickstarter. It wasn’t perfect and I wasn’t ready for it, but I hit that big green button anyway. I wouldn’t have said it was a rollercoaster, it was more like […]
BELINDA: Tell us about Voice of the Sword. JOHN: Voice of the Sword is Book One of the “Sword, Mirror, Jewel” trilogy, starring Japanese-American teenager Reiko Furukawa Bergman, based on updated characters and stories from Japanese mythology, legend and folklore. […]
Antiheroines. You might not have heard the term, but, like good art, you know them when you see them. A few years ago I started interviewing various authors about antiheroines and why they’d been drawn to write them. Now it’s […]
Usi Nosa is the 16-year-old author of Enigma, a story about love, war and magic. BELINDA: Do you think love is killing the teenage heroine? USI: Yes. The teenage heroine is now an important part of a YA romance novel […]
Years ago, I came across a brilliant article by Jennifer Crusie. It was a writerly advice type article with a simple message, stop worrying about what everyone else is doing and write your book. It’s excellent advice. Now, quit reading […]