As part of the celebrations for the 100th episode of the So You Want To Be A Writer podcast, I've been trawling back through our impressive archive of interviews to bring you the best tips for my Industry Insider series. This week, we're looking at how to write a...
I know that Christmas Eve is a little early for the whole 'best of' shenanigans, but I'm taking some time off the blog over the next few weeks so that I can have a short break, and then finalise the manuscript for book three in The Mapmaker Chronicles series. (The...
If there's one thing I love about So You Want To Be A Writer, my podcast with Valerie Khoo, it's the fact that I get to sit around and talk writing with some of the best in the business. And we all know that, like most writers, I like talking about writing even more...
I'm in the process of creating a series of children's writing workshops, part of an ongoing writing group that I have at the boys' primary school. In my dreams, I turn up each week to expectant faces, ready to soak up whatever writerly wisdom I throw their way, a...
Kylie Ladd, one of my very favourite 'acclaimed Australian authors', launched her third book Into My Arms this week. I met Kylie on Twitter in my very earliest weeks, and she was and is all of the good things: smart, funny, engaging, friendly. I read her first book...
One of the biggest questions that new freelance writers have is all about case studies. How to find them. What to ask them. (Yes, that's more than one question, but you get the idea.) So I've written a post to address the vexing question of case studies. I've spent...
When Mr7 is cross, he makes a noise that sounds like a camel exhaling. Humph. Accompanied by squinty eyes, inverted eyebrows and a general grumpiness of demeanour. Today, I am humphing. A rejection email will do that to a girl. Particularly first thing in the morning....
Gardening metaphors pop up often in writing. ‘Seeds’ of ideas. Ideas bearing ‘fruit’. Talent being ‘nurtured’. Blah, blah, blah. For me, the similarities between writing and gardening are all about the random pumpkin* that appeared in my vegie patch over the...
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