YAY! Finally, we have bought a house. Now we just have to sell the apartment.

And I’ve been writing, writing, writing.  Forests and Filth Lickers is going WELL WELL WELL!

I’m at the point now where I’m daring to actually show people what I’ve written. And by people I mean the Small Group of Trusted Readers: my editor, my parents, my husband.

I think all except my editor are people you’re not really supposed to get to read your stuff if you want decent, constructive feedback.  But I laugh in the face of “supposed to”. Aha ha!

And in exciting Fergus news: he’s crawling! Not traversing entire rooms, but certainly not where I last saw him. Turn your back for a minute and he’ll be somewhere else, chewing on computer cables. Not a good look. Another week and we’ll have to child-proof the entire house.

And, for those of you lucky enough to live in Fabulous Western Australia: Julia Lawrinson is launching her latest book, Chess Nuts, at the Fremantle Children’s Literature Centre. Be there or miss out on meeting a real-live Year 9 chess nut and getting your hands on a copy of what promises to be another terrific JL read.