I’m often asked what it takes to write a book. Having finished my 19th novel about twelve hours ago, I reflected on the question, whilst sitting on the patio with a wine, screaming: ‘thank god that’s done!’.

So, I compiled a list.

I'm often asked what my office looks like. Usually, it's too messy for me to take a photo - I'll have research and papers all over my desk, so it's all at my fingertips as I write.

Well, what a year, huh?

I've always told my kids that "if we don't share our stories, then how can we help people?"

I love the 'new feels' of starting a new book. It's exciting, fun, and the possibilities are endless. Trouble is, those feelings don't always hang around.

I'm really excited that my 15th novel is coming out in early November. I know I say this often, but if you'd told me 11 years ago that I would write one novel, let alone 15, I'm not sure I would have ever believed you!

When I was a kid, I used to spend recess and lunch in the library.

I guess there are a few of you who think that's a bit geeky and boring; for me, it was anything but.

On the 24th of May, an ABC news report told Australia that 21 women had been killed in 21 weeks by an intimate partner.

My guess is that you’d gasp and think, ‘how horrible, that must be in another country.’

You’d be wrong.

To re-read or not? That is the question!

You can probably see from the creases in the spines of these books that they've been handled a lot. I mean, a lot!

Guess what? On Monday, my fourteenth novel went to print. Who would have thought that eleven years after Red Dust was published, I'd still be tapping at the keyboards and playing with my imaginary friends?

Stephen King says, 'If you don't make time to read, you can't make time to write'. Yes! Reading is nourishment for the soul, intellect and entertainment.

STARTING FROM NOW doesn't hit the shelves until October 5, but you've got the opportunity to get your hands on a copy, a month early!

What's the saying about never working with kids and animals?

Jack usually defies that saying, but today he wasn't acting quite the way I'd hoped he would!

Have you ever wondered what happens the morning after a novel gets finished?

Screenshot of a laptop that has words on it, the end of a manuscript says THE END.

'So, Fleur, tell me, do you write every day?'

'Where do you work from?'

'Oh, you have a deadline? Really? Thought you'd just write and hand it in when it was ready.'

The Farmer's Choice - a background into Detective Dave Burrows

Recently, I've been getting a few questions about the difference in the Dave books: 'Last book I read, he was married to Kim, and now he's married to Melinda! Help, have I missed a book?'

Are you looking for something a little different for that hard-to-buy-for person? I have gift packs available.

On White Ribbon Day, Breaking the Silence (now DV Assist) launched in Albany. If you haven't heard about Breaking the Silence, then let me tell you.

I'm sure you all know that Where the River Runs is coming very soon! 1st of November, in fact. About six weeks. BUT... Here's your chance to be the first to read a sampler of Where the River Runs. YAY!

It's been ages since I've been able to read. I'm not sure why, because it was my favourite pastime. I started to find it hard when I was under a lot of pressure: looking after a sick family member, then my marriage breakdown, and so on and so forth!