Tag: multi-genre authors

Challenging Typecasting as an Author

Challenging Typecasting as an Author

“You’ve co-written a YA novel about transitioning gender! But I thought you only wrote nice children’s picture books like ‘There’s a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Eating Cake’?” I’m seen as a mainstream, Australian children’s author, especially as I’m now a grandmother.  I have been typecast as a children’s picture book writer, and my regular readers […]

July 11, 2012 | By | 11 Replies More
Why Multi-Genre Writing Rocks!

Why Multi-Genre Writing Rocks!

During the week of June 14-17, I was fortunate enough to win a scholarship to attend the Wesleyan Writers’ Conference. It is a program that offers the opportunity for people to meet fellow writers and learn from some of the best in the field, and I was ecstatic. But a dear friend, who is privy […]

July 6, 2012 | By | 13 Replies More