Karen Collum">Australian Children's Author

It may sound strange, but up until my first Year of the Edit workshop, I had no idea that the novel I’d written was science fiction. Sure, it revolves around the ethical dilemma (from a Christian perspective) of what might happen in the future if geneticists push the boundaries too far, but all that is over and done with in the first few chapters. The rest of the book deals with the repercussions of crossing those boundaries and focuses heavily on the personal and spiritual journeys or two men. I was somewhat taken aback when the workshop group and my tutor, Kim Wilkins, stated it was clearly science fiction. I almost argued with them! But of course, they are right. This week I discovered another element of my story that is common in science fiction – time travel. The only problem was, the time travel in my novel was entirely unintentional. Keep reading →

Last week I posted about my tendency to become bored quickly and my terrible fear that it was happening in my writing as well. Good news, people! It appears that that is not the case. I repeat, it is not the case. I, Karen Collum, am not bored with writing! Hooray! (Release the ballooons, streamers and pure white doves now, please.) Keep reading →