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Drawn to Water – Arthur Rackham’s Rhinemaidens

I have often felt as if a pool of ideas floats around the globe, waiting for us to draw on it, and every now and then lucky creatives will reach out with their souls or hearts or minds and pluck an idea from the flow

Light spilling through water

One of the best things about reading fiction is the incredible way words, together with our imaginations, become our experiences, become part of us, part of our DNA.  It’s also one of the best things about being a fiction writer.  Fiction, especially YA magical realism fiction, can take our hearts, minds and emotions beyond the boundaries of our regular existence.

People make the difference

They say it takes a village to raise a book.  In my case, the village had a bunch of de Jongs in it: Lisette, Daphne, Maureen Crisp (de Jong by marriage) and Maureen’s daughter Rhia.  By far the biggest impact on my story Find Me was from Lisette de Jong, bestie and editor extraordinaire. Lisette… Continue reading People make the difference

A look inside Find Me

It felt the most natural thing in the world now to reach out, to touch her fingertip gently to the silvery trail on his cheek. He caught his breath, his eyelids flickering.