Artwork – Pigs Flying (pressed etching) by Wendy McDonald, Colourful Faces (crayon) by my kids & Owl (two-handed sketch on inked perspex) by me. Risk was written at the kitchen table at home, in the Deniliquin Library while my kids attended preschool, on the lounge (with my computer on my knee) and at a desk in my bedroom.

I don’t have an office so I write anywhere I can. Fleur was too restrained to photograph all of the pieces she mentions up close, but if you want the links I’ve put them in below. Over to you, Fleur. Because that’s the other thing – she’s into art, people. If I was a rich fairy godmother type, I would gift her a door, after I’d commissioned David Bromley to paint on it for her. Then, of course, I was intrigued by Fleur, and luckily for all of us, she agreed to share a post on where and how she writes. I am in awe of the fact she does it hardcore – that is, doorless! (I am also in awe of the fact that despite being doorless her writing spaces are so inviting and beautiful). I found out about it a couple of months ago when I first saw the striking cover. RISK came out this month and made Amazon’s Hot New Releases list on the basis of pre-orders alone.

And every writer seems to walk a different path along the way to getting a book published. But that said, I think Fleur Ferris‘s journey might be more unusual than most! It involves a classroom of students in Sweden, and if you haven’t read about it yet, you can check it out here.

One thing I love about the publishing world is that there is no normal.

Risk by fleur ferris