• Life,  Writing

    Research, Exploitation, and the Truth

    Research is fascinating, and I LOVE it! Send me on a research trip and I'll be head down/bum up for the entire time.  Now, I know I said at the start of this year I was going to have two/three books going at the same time, so I wouldn't get so bogged down like I did with Rise, but 2022 just hasn't worked out that way.

  • Connection,  Life

    Targeting the Truth

    I pulled back on the bow, sighted the target annnnd… released. Nup. Katniss Everdeen I am NOT. I’m a fairly co-ordinated person and usually pick up most sport techniques quickly. But today wasn’t proving to be one of those moments. We were camping with our family in the rainforest, and as part of the weekend’s activities, we’d decided a spot of archery would keep all 17 of us entertained. Being a shared campsite activity, we lined up under the guidance of our ranger and took turns with our ‘well loved’ arrows, blasting them toward the cork target positioned on an easel just a short distance away. The distance was for…