On the 9th August 1915, a young Johann Kindler entered the Adelaide recruiting depot to offer himself for military service. He sat on a wood

Having an animal in the story gave the book a real sense of family to the group. Tut, having given Sebastian an opportunity to escape form t

​Like Sam and Billy, Tan’s character is not perfect, he has a habit of drinking and gambling, has no filters in putting forward his opinions

The twin Americans have a very important role in the series. They are the brave and skilled wild west gunslingers who despite a limited educ

Here is another one. In Old English, a small winged creature with feathers was known as a brid. Over time, the pronunciation changed to bird

I was delivering a workshop to a group of students a recent study about the breakdown of communication and what we found was we all give our

First, the characters come to life, simple avatars to begin, then their characters develop to suit the time and place I decide on, for the s

Once refurbished, I began the slow process of researching his life. Using geological sites and databases, I started to form a picture.

It gives authors the poetic licence to elaborate on the alternate explanations, create characters or even adapt the behaviours of recorded p

Foreshadowing and unobtrusive description are, when done well, your friends in creating an emotionally invested landscape for the reader…