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Tahlia Newland

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What is it like to be seventeen? And why that’s the age of my heroine.

June 10, 2011 by Tahlia Newland

Seventeen is a wonderful age, so is eighteen. Why? Because you’re ready and rearing for action. You have the freshness of youth but you’re mature enough to know you’re alive and make your own decisions, (if your parents let you). You have the security of a home and money, (unless you’ve already left home) but should have enough freedom to go forth from that base and try new adult-type things.  You’re about to leave school (which most of you are over by then), have your whole life ahead of you (provided you don’t crash your car tomorrow) and almost everything is possible, at least in your mind. Even if you don’t have the grades to be a rocket scientist, you can visualize what it might be like. In your mind, you can try your options out for size to help you decide which direction you want to go in. Once you get over the scariness of choosing a path and the sadness of leaving school, and, for many of you, moving out of home, (even if you hated it, it’s kind of sad when you realise that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book talk Tagged With: characters, teenagers, Young Adult Books

Artwork inspired by ‘Lethal Inheritance’

June 14, 2010 by Tahlia Newland

  I thought you might like this photoshopped image inspired by a scene in the novel. My daughter, Kimberley Newland created it. Don't forget to click the 'Lethal Inheritance'  facebook button on the right hand side to register your interest in the novel on facebook. For details of what to do, see my last post. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book talk Tagged With: characters, Fantasy novels, inspiration for writing

The model for my mad cat character

May 30, 2010 by Tahlia Newland

  I’ve been blogging around and have discovered that there are quite a few writers who like cats. I love cats too, and I have one as a character in Lethal Inheritance, but I don’t have a real one. I traveled so often over the last 25 yrs that it wasn’t really practical and we live in the bush which means there are lots of beautiful native birds that I wouldn’t want to put in danger. So I have a photo of my two favorite lolcats in a frame on my table. Here’s my favorite.  She’s the model for Twitchet, the talking cat in the Diamond Peak series, except that Twitchet is ginger. The crazy look in the eyes is very much Twitchet. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Burmese cat column Tagged With: characters, Fantasy novels, inspiration for writing, writing novels

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