Justine Larbalestier
Justine Larbalestier
Justine Larbalestieris an Australian writer of young-adult fiction best known for her 2009 novel, Liar. Her surname has been pronounced in several different ways. She says online that Lar-bal-est-ee-air is correct:...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth23 September 1967
CountryAustralia
want able invisible
I am not Nostradamus.Nor would I want to be. I'm convinced being able to tell the future is the worst superpower. I'd rather be invisible and being invisible never ends well. Just read H. G. Wells!
nice writing difficulty
I'm sure other writers have no difficulties writing nice.
writing views opposites
I started writing a novel from the monster's point of view. It has its own difficulties but, I'm ashamed to say, it's much easier writing from a psychopath's point of view than from that of their empathetic opposite.
years blogging lasts
I continued blogging, but between illness and deadlines, did not manage to blog nearly as much as last year. I'm hoping to do better in 2016.
hate dying too-much
I love blogging, even though apparently it's still dying, and hate it when I have too much going on to do so regularly.
fashion love-you matter
Blogging, I love you no matter how out of fashion you are.
lucky able my-sister
My experience with My Sister Rosa showed me, once again, that I have a much easier time of it if I sell my novels after I finish them, not before. I'm lucky that I'm in a position where I'm able to do that.
thinking worry gaps
I think I've finally learned to stop worrying about how big the gaps are between my novels' publication.
writing able six
I'm almost back to being able to write as much as six hours a day .
culture bars lows
Sure, Malcolm Turnbull is less anti-science and anti-culture than [Tony] Abbott, but low bar, and there's not a lot to show for it beyond rhetoric.
custody asylums asylum-seekers
We still have disgraceful policies on asylum seekers and Aboriginal Australians continue to die in custody.
done improvement process
The new prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, while a vast improvement on his predecessor is not doing much, if anything, to slow that process done.