Latest Blog Posts for Tahlia Newland, young adult fantasy author

• My favorite book of the moment: A review of ‘The Magician of Lhasa’ by David Mitchie
  on Jul 27, 2015 in 5 stars Buddhist Fiction metaphysical fiction Reviews Buddhist fiction book review metaphysical fiction review
  Every now and then people ask what my favorite book is and I can never say, but for now, at least until I find another one, I can say that David Mitchie’s The Magician of Lhasa is it. I first came across fellow Australian, David Mitchie’s...
• Who is steampunk character Aviator Emelia Sottwell-Haverstone
  on Jul 22, 2015 in Characters Steampunk steampunk characters steampunk girl
  How do you come up with characters? When creating visual theatre, I often used to come up with characters after making a mask, but when writing they’ve just popped into my head. Recently, though, I’ve been making masks again, steampunk ma...
• Fine literature: Review of The Colour of Light by Emilie Richards
  on Jul 17, 2015 in 5 stars Literary fiction Reviews Christian fiction literary fiction
  Minister Analiese Wagner faces a challenge when a homeless family camps on the church’s grounds one freezing evening. She decides to let them move into the empty apartment upstairs, even though it’s too late to get the church council̵...
• Excellent YA Fantasy: Paladin by Sally Slater
  on Jul 9, 2015 in 5 stars Reviews YA fantasy Demons fantasy YA
  This is a great book.  I read a lot, and few books hold me like this one. The concept of a young woman dressing as a man so that she can follow a path other than marriage is not new, but this is done with a unique angle and such skill and that that...
• How do you Measure Success?
  on Jul 7, 2015 in The writing life Words of wisdom sucess
  What makes you successful? There are many different kinds of success, and success does not mean the same thing to different people. I’m a very successful person when it comes to life—which as far as I’m concerned is the only kind of success tha...
• Success for a couple of my authors & some nice feedback for me.
  on Jul 3, 2015 in News book award editing service recommendations
  One of the books I edited and Published with AIA Publishing won a fairly major award. Intelligent Design: Revelations was honored with the Silver award in the category of science fiction in the INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards for the best indie...
• AIA Publishing’s latest book will likely make you consider becoming a vegetarian: ‘Spiderworld’ review
  on Jun 29, 2015 in 5 stars metaphysical fiction Reviews Science Fiction Spiderworld review
  What if spider-like creatures were the top of the food chain and used humans as slaves and for entertainment and meat? Would you be selected as a buck, or would be join the majority of males as a castrate? And if you’re a woman, would you be se...
• Mortdecai review: Critics can be so wrong.
  on Jun 26, 2015 in Film & TV Mortdecai movie review
  I watched Mortdecai last night. It is the funniest movie I’ve seen for a long time. Yet the critics panned it. The Sydney Morning Herald, for example, said that it was a waste of talent. Where, I wonder, is their sense of humour? Did they not see t...
• Where have I been? Where am I going?
  on Jun 19, 2015 in Uncategorized book marketing masks profitability saleability
  Sorry to have neglected you. I have no wise words for you today, just a quick catch up in case anyone might be vaguely interested. My writing has taken a seat way down the back of the bus because my masks are selling and my editing clients are buildi...
• How to suceed: the bliss and surprising results of no ambition
  on Jun 10, 2015 in The journey to publication The writing life Words of wisdom ambition success
    The Western world suffers from the diseases of busyness and driven ambition. We are taught that ambition is a good thing, that without it we won’t go very far, but ambition that’s driven by desperation is not a good thing. There’s a big...

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