On writing and momming

Michael Ferguson wrote a very flattering article about me for the May Mothers' Day issue of of Get IT magazine. He said lot a very kind things - a couple of them were even true! But the gist of it was this: mothering is the hardest job in the world, just try your best to lead and guide, and give on trying to control.

About my writing:

"Joanne has written two young adult novels Turtle Walk and the sequel Rock Steadywhich was released in February this year. 'I wanted to write realistic fiction and tell stories in a local setting with smart, funny and resourceful heroines instead of the cliché male lead. I also wanted them to be the kind of books that my daughter likes to read. My main goal was to write great stories with current ecological themes.'

 
You can read the full article here.

Photos: Dylan Slater Photography 

The photoshoot was an exercise in hilarity. I bribed everyone with caprese muffins (mozzarella cheese, basil, sun-dried tomatoes - omnomnom) and they were all so kind.

Dylan, the photographer, kept urging me into the trees - I felt like I was getting my Twilight on. (I bit my lips and kept scanning the boughs for a glimpse of Edward, but all I saw was leaves and treetops. And hadedahs.)

It was a lot of fun to be a cover"girl" at forty-mumble, but methinks I prefer writing to modelling :)