On My Bookshelf: The Ice Dragon by George RR Martin
The Ice Dragon by George RR Martin Published by Harper Voyager 2014 A review with a difference... a story of my own and a plea to...
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Cate
- Feb 28, 2019
- 3 min
Power of the Pitch
Pitching to a room full of people can be an exhilarating experience
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Cate
- Jul 16, 2018
- 6 min
Choices OR How to Become a Writer
One of the things that constantly crops up when I am introduced to new people and they learn that I am a children’s author is that ‘I...
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Cate
- Jul 8, 2018
- 2 min
On My Bookshelf: Sweet Adversity by Sheryl Gwyther
Published by Angus & Robertson an imprint of Harper Collins Children’s Books 2018 I waited in excited anticipation (read impatience) for...
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Cate
- Jul 6, 2018
- 5 min
Life on the Short List Part 3: Community
New friends. One of the best things I have ever got out of entering competitions is to become part of a community. Why is this important?...
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Cate
- Jul 1, 2018
- 2 min
On My Bookshelf: The Wizards of Once by Cressida Cowell
Too many people had said how amazing this book was and I couldn’t ignore it any longer. Besides, I love the cover. The colours are...
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Cate
- Jun 29, 2018
- 5 min
Life on the Short List, Part 2: Competitions?!
So, why enter competitions? A good question, especially for the newly forged writer, who will sit in nail-biting anticipation, waiting...
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Cate
- Jun 22, 2018
- 3 min
Life on the Short List
I love short lists. I love long lists. I’ve been on both. My favourite short list was when I was one of six writers out of a field of...
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Cate
- Apr 25, 2018
- 3 min
On My Bookshelf: The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone by Jaclyn Moriarty
I have bookshelves crammed with books. I’m sure you would never have guessed. This particular book was lent to me by a lovely librarian...
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Cate
- Feb 6, 2018
- 4 min
Every. Single. Day.
I am the weaver, continued... ...last time I put fingers to the keyboard to write a post for my blog, it was all about the coming year,...
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Cate
- Jan 6, 2018
- 4 min
Weaving a New Year...
...at this time of year, I guess everyone gets a bit introspective about the year that was, and wonders a bit about the year that is to...
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Cate
- May 27, 2017
- 4 min
Permission... or overwhelm revisited
It is early morning after a day of fiddling around with my author facebook page, which I have just changed to ‘shop’ format so that I can...
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Cate Whittle
- Dec 21, 2016
- 3 min
A (Writing) Year in Review
...this is a story of the good, the bad and the ugly! The good bit is the best. It is the bit where I have Explored. Dreamed. Discovered....
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Cate
- Oct 22, 2016
- 5 min
Time for a Break?
Did I say last time that I wasn’t keeping up with my blogging schedule? Did I say that I had started trying to set some priorities? Hah!...
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Cate
- Aug 28, 2016
- 4 min
Priorities!
Hmm. So-o-o-o not keeping up with my self imposed once-a-month (reduced from once-a-fortnight last year) commitment to write something...
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Cate
- Jul 7, 2016
- 3 min
How does it feel..?
‘Wow! Your second book? So soon?’ my friend said. We were ‘catching up’... that thing you do when you don’t get the chance to meet up all...
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Cate
- Jun 7, 2016
- 4 min
A Little Bird Told Me...
Back to School Life after my last post on the Write Life means that my focus has been on making sure everything is going smoothly in the...
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Cate
- Apr 29, 2016
- 4 min
Ah... the Write Life...
Last month, I wrote about my book launch back in February for Trouble at Home, a little tale about Georgia and how she set out to solve...
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Cate
- Mar 26, 2016
- 4 min
Launching Trouble
With the publication date for Trouble at Home eventually imminent after the long wait, I hit a patch of self-doubt about having a launch....
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Cate
- Mar 25, 2016
- 2 min
Must Do It More Often...
Radio Silence It’s been some weeks since all the excitement of my book launch, and I’m actually writing this on a quiet Sunday morning at...
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