Several years ago, we travelled to the US to stay with our son, David and his wife, Kathleen. David was in Austin, Texas in his year at a university working on oceanographic research as part of his Fulbright Scholarship. So, of course, I contacted the … Continue reading One day in Austin, Texas
Not really goodbye, of course, dear SCBWI friends and colleagues from Queensland, Australia and across the globe. But after 9 years at the helm of the good ship, SCBWI Queensland, I’ve handed over the ship’s wheel and rudder to new leader, Alison Stegert. The official … Continue reading Goodbye to SCBWI leadership from me…
Sweet Adversity, my historical adventure (HarperCollins Children’s Books) had a life of its own. Once it was called McAlpine & Macbeth, and was the recipient of an Australian Society of Authors Mentorship and a week at Varuna Writers’ House in Katoomba benefitting from Creative Director, Peter … Continue reading When Rosemary Canter was my UK literary agent
It’s taken a village of literary folk to keep me on a truly bumpy road towards finishing SWEET ADVERSITY. I live in my head much of the time – it’s where my stories come from, and my characters as well. Sometimes I can’t keep secret a story that agitates and … Continue reading It takes a village to raise a … book
So there I was thinking my earthquake scientist husband, Ross would be satisfied walking sections of the Californian San Andreas Fault, and that’d be the closest we’d get to Plate Tectonic danger. But no, here we are driving straight towards an active volcano in Washington … Continue reading Mountain of death and life
Sheryl Gwyther 