Author: authorhannahcurrie

I don't know about the rest of you, but I LOVE hearing the story behind the story. Movies, books, people's lives, random advertising, world records - I love hearing the story behind them all. So, when I heard my friend and fellow YA author, Olivia Smit, was releasing a new book, you can bet I… Continue reading Q&A Time with YA Author Olivia Smit

There’s this game I used to play on my phone called Wordscapes. It’s a word scrambling game where you’re given a certain number of letters and, using them, have to fill in a puzzle. It’s probably not a normal thing but I love that game where you take a word and see how many others… Continue reading Start with the Obvious

I love story. Not surprising, given I’m a writer, but even before I started writing seriously, I loved it. I was one of those kids who read their way through the fiction shelves of the school and public libraries, borrowing the books out over and over until I could pretty much quote them. I read… Continue reading In Humble Defense of the Christian Romance Novel

Maybe it's just me, but I love knowing the story behind a story - both what inspired a book, and the journey the author took to having it published. Just like the books themselves, every author's journey is different. Some are long, some short. Some detailed and full of rejection and incredible perseverance, some seemingly… Continue reading My Journey to Publication Timeline

One of the really interesting parts of being an Australian author publishing through an American publisher has been learning to write American English. Having read books by American writers my entire life, I thought I had a pretty good grasp of the differences. I mean, I knew not to use Aussie slang like ankle biters,… Continue reading Learning to Write American English

I thought it might be fun to do something a little different and answer some questions about the 'behind the scenes' of my life as an author. I'll start with these five questions I've been asked by various readers or in guest post interviews over the past few years. Pending whether people find this interesting… Continue reading Q&A Time with Hannah Currie

There’s this kids’ book called Ish (written by Peter H Reynolds). It’s about a little boy who loves drawing and does it every chance he gets – until his older brother laughs at him, telling him that the vase of flowers he’s painting looks nothing like a vase. From then on, his brother’s laughter haunts him and… Continue reading The Masterpiece in the Mud

There are a number of verses in the Bible which have always somewhat baffled me. They roll off the tongue, get quoted and made into everything from tapestries to songs, but confuse me more than they inspire. Maybe baffle is a bit too strong a word. It’s probably more that, with all of the other… Continue reading From Whence Cometh my What???

Ah, qualifications. Years of work and study giving a person fun little letters to put after their name and fill up their resume. Some people have enough to make words, or even sentences, from. Others have none.That would be me. In the latter group.Which makes it interesting writing the ‘qualifications’ sections of proposals I’m writing… Continue reading To Those Who Feel Unqualified (I’m not either)

When I was little, I remember my dad occasionally leaving notes on my mum’s shopping list. ‘I love you’, ‘you’re sweet’ and such. He probably still does. Shopping for a family of twelve, you can imagine Mum’s list is pretty organised and detailed. It’s actually an A4 sheet with all the things she tends to… Continue reading Should Have Asked for More