QUESTIONS, ANSWERS and COMMENTS

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You are my favourite author and your books RULE!!!!!
GAZ & Gaz Takes Off  ARE THE BEST BOOKS I HAVE EVER READ IN MY LIFE. 
Stephen, Sacred Heart

Return Ticket is a great book. As soon as I started reading this book I loved it.
Melissa, ACT

I was just wondering if you could tell me how you came up with the idea of writing a novel like "Gaz"?  I mean how could you write so much on just things that could really happen?
Janice,   Duncraig (Perth)
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Hi Janice!  Well to start with, I just wanted to write a short story for a bunch of kids I knew who didn't like reading.  I thought about some of the stuff which went on in their lives - an average kind of weekend, and it grew from that.

"Escaping Paradise” is one of the best novels I have ever read. I urge Year 10 and Year 11 students to read this novel! It is a good novel for teenagers, especially teenagers in Indonesia. The plot kept me wondering until the end.
Dewi, Jakarta, INDONESIA.

You wouldn’t believe it I finished Gaz Takes Off in one day! I got it from the library after telling Mum I needed it for school. She finally gave in. I thought Gaz was good, but this book is awesome. Especially where Gaz gets stuck out in the cold, and then goes into the change rooms with Bridgette and Sonja, that’s heaps cool.
Joseph, Sydney.

What's your favourite book - from the ones you've written?
Vincent, Mt Barker, Senior High School, WA
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That's a tough one... it's like asking me which of my children do I love the best? Each is special in different ways. It depends on the mood I'm in at the time

I really enjoyed reading your novel, “Escaping Paradise”. As an Indonesian student who lives in Jakarta, I am so interested because your novel is very exciting and full of adventure.
Johannes, IPEKA, Jakarta.

I have just read Escaping Paradise and I thought it was absolutely brilliant. I loved hearing about the Balinese/Javanese cultures and what it was like to be kidnapped. It felt so real especially when you described about the metal band around Nicki's ankle. It felt like I was the one with the chain around my ankle.
Karleen, Albany SHS
P.S. Do you think you could write a sequel to Escaping Paradise from Josh's point of view? Please consider it.


I loved the way you read parts of your books to us, as you have a really expressive voice. It was great to find out about why you wrote Kim. We are still reading Gaz but lots of kids are keen to start Different Voices, especially the girls. We never seem to have enough time in class to read a lot of stories.
River, Balcatta P.S.
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Thanks, River. I hope you enjoy getting to know Kim better through Different Voices.


Do you like writing?
Hamish, Padbury Senior High School
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You bet! What other jobs are there where you get to spend a heap of the time daydreaming?! Actually, it's a bit like the lives of some of my characters. Some days it's like there's nothing but rainbows and the sweet sound of the surf, and other times it's a struggle to keep the self-doubt (and the bills!) at bay.


I really enjoyed the workshop, the Tai Chi was excellent and I will remember to do it before I start writing at home. Letting us write what we want and giving us freedom made the workshop more enjoyable and not making us read our writing or show it to anyone was also good. Thank you.
Tom, Armadale.

Do you know the story before you start writing?
Julian, Nedlands PS, W.A.
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No, not usually. Mostly I know where it's heading... I have a vague idea of how it will end (though I didn't with Gaz). Normally, I just start with my main characters and follow them around and they take me for a roller-coaster ride.


I was really amazed by the calibre of writing going on around me. I loved talking to you about my poem, Freedom. I got soooo many helpful ideas. I also loved the atmosphere we created, and I will definitely seek to create this atmosphere again.
PS I enjoyed the snakes also!
Melinda.

I enjoy the loose kind of atmosphere that you create, and the motivation you give us to write. I feel that I really could be a published writer which makes me feel great!
Fleur


I learned that I could write, well. I think that I found something in myself that I didn't know was there.
Rachel


I really liked the way you write short chapters in Gaz Takes Off instead of long ones as I could read three chapters a night and I never have to stop in the middle of chapter.
Ben, Bellevue Hill, Sydney NSW

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