My Life & Other Stuff I Made Up Archives

Tristan February 15, 2018

Illustrator Gus Gordon on Drawing the Tom Weekly My Life Series

Children’s book illustrator Gus Gordon (Herman and Rosie, Somewhere Else) talks about illustrating the Tom Weekly My Life series. Gus and I have … View Post

Tristan May 15, 2016

Collaborative Short Storytelling in the Classroom

I recently visited Varsity College on Queensland’s Gold Coast. It was a fantastic day and the students in teacher Mark Buzolic’s class, 7… View Post

Tristan April 5, 2016

6 Reasons You Should Not Read the ‘My Life’ Books

I’m pleased to present this guest post by the star of the My Life books, Tom Weekly. Thanks Tom. 6 Reasons You Should Not … View Post

Tristan March 26, 2015

Would You Rather?

I recently played a rather funny game of ‘Would You Rather…?’ with Booktopia TV host, Jack-Black-alike and funnyman, Andrew Cattanach. He poses some of … View Post

Tristan March 17, 2015

Advice For Young Writers

Here are my top ten writing tips for children published recently in Just Kidding Magazine. I hope you find lots of inspiration. I learnt … View Post

Tristan January 7, 2015

Meet Tom Weekly

Author Kate Gordon (Writing Clementine) has tagged me to be part of a character blog hop. That’s where an author writes a blog … View Post

Tristan November 18, 2014

My Life & Other Massive Mistakes

‘This book is 100% gluten free, 100% fat free, 100% organic and 35% fact free. It has no added sugar and contains absolutely NO NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS AT ALL! … View Post

Tristan November 5, 2014

Winner of My Search For a Young Writer

Good news! I have chosen a winner in my 2014 Search for a Young Writer. It is Otis Mayocchi with his story, ‘Champions’, … View Post

Tristan September 28, 2014

Instagram Book Tour

I’m taking the week off after spending most of this year travelling around, talking about the new books to anyone who’d listen. (… View Post