About Me

About Honey Stone

I live on the east coast of Australia a little north of Cedar River, where by the grace of God I've avoided encountering drop-bears, bunyips, hoop snakes, and less mythical wildlife in this crazy country.

Much like Rosemary, I've lived in different places and held a patchworked array of different kinds of jobs. While that has made it difficult to answer the question, "So what do you do?" at dinner parties and the like, it has provided me with a wealth of material from which to draw in my writing. 

It has also shaped my perspective on what it means to walk with the Lord. The faithfulness and loving-kindness of the Father, the generous sacrifice of the Son, and the peace, comfort, and wisdom of the Spirit is the one constant when the world is ever shifting and changing around you. It's my prayer that as the world grows darker, the nearness of God's Spirit grows brighter in and through us.

Matthew 5:14-16: You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

Why I write

Although I've always been an avid fiction reader, my author journey only began after closing yet another book where Christian characters seemed to be Christian in name only, and I found myself wondering where to find books where people lived out their faith as they navigated 'the narrative arc'. As I expressed my frustration to God, in a very rare 'thus saith the Lord' moment I felt an unmistakable nudge to write the story that I wanted to read.

So I did, and Rosemary's story 'The Shortcut' was born.

But having fallen in love with the characters of Cedar River, I didn't want to leave. I needed to know what happened to Daniel's sister Brooke, so I wrote 'The Fall'. By that stage I had grown curious about two side characters that we saw in passing in 'The Shortcut', and I just had to find out about Carla and Liam's story in 'The Return Home'. It was clear that the sweet cafe owner, Leyla, had a story of her own, so 'The Rift' followed. And then I had questions about Rosemary's best friend Pip, and quiet musician Angela, and now I just can't stop.