Seas and Greetings … that’s a wrap on 2022
Whoa, what a year that just was! It’s been quite an incredible ride. Returning to life after 2 years of rolling COVID lockdowns, supporting a VCE Yr 12 child, reassembling my business after pandemic interruptions … and the small matter of winning a CBCA Picture Book of the Year – Early Childhood medal for my debut book. I could never have predicted this, but certainly strapped in and enjoyed / endured the ride!
28 Bookshops and in-store visits (1 more still to go)
18 Library visits, talks and workshops
2 Festivals
39 Kindergartens, Schools and Educator visits & talks
6 Online author talks
14 Workshops for Copywriting and Community writing
4 Presentation events judging, critiquing or presenting winners
16 Media and Podcast interviews (1 more still to go this year)
7 Interviews of authors for events
15 Interviews of interesting folks for media and blog articles
4 Winning, Highly Commended, Shortlisted and Longlisted stories in competitions
25 Peninsula Writers Club initiatives, meet-ups and events
1 Writer in Residency
1 National Children’s Literature Medal
That’s a grand total of 180 fabulously fun and focused interactions, conversations and engagements! (No wonder I’m tired!) If I met you along the way – thanks for the terrific time we had. Here’s to completing my YA novel in 2023, and nailing my personal writing goals, along with celebrating a new picture book in the world.
Happy summering all …
Cheers,
Andrea
