Mentorship with Robin Sheahan-Bright!

Making the shortlist for the 2020 BookLinks Queensland Mentorship for The Fox was a real boost.  Looking at the other authors on the shortlist, I genuinely resigned myself to applauding the deserving winner, so I wasn't too hurt they didn't mention my work during the preamble.  It was a jaw-drop when my entry won the mentorship with Robin Sheahan-Bright.  Author, editor and publisher of literature for young people, Sheahan-Bright is a multiple award-winner and publishing consultant. 

Will my gritty tale of a young man, living under the thumb of his father on a remote lighthouse island to the north of Hokkaido at the start of the Pacific War, find favour as an adventurous coming-of-age story with Robin?  Or will her highly experienced counsel place me firmly back at the bottom of the literary mountain, bracing myself for a total rewrite?  Writing isn't for the faint-hearted, and mountaineering persistence is required for every edit.  As of today, Robin is reading my work.  I'm strapping on the crampons.  [Below is Todojima, a tiny island where this novel is set.]