10 bits of advice for writing your first book
Or: Things I wish I knew before trying to write the Great Ameristralian Novel on my very first attempt. I’m three chapters into the first draft of my third novel and although it gets easier each time,...
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My tools and tech for writing
Scrivener I’d love to say that I own an ancient typewriter that sits on an old oak table in front of a tall-back leather chair which smells of aged whisky, and that it’s the only place I’d ever...
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How to motivate yourself to write
This is Loki. Today he is playing the role of me being too lazy to start writing. I love to write fiction. I get so absorbed in it that I lose hours. I end up resenting my fatigue, my hunger, my social...
View ArticleOn inspiration: I have no muse, and that’s okay.
Back when I used to write articles about prominent Australian quilters and crafters, there was a staple interview question: “What inspires you?” The interviewees would come up with myriad replies,...
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Why I write
At the Romance Writers of Australia conference last weekend, a speaker asked the audience to write down the reason why they write. I remember mine. It was “because I like it.” Other people had reasons...
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Writer’s self-doubt and how I overcome it
To me, ‘being a writer’ is synonymous with ‘massive self-doubt and insecurity’ and this can be amped up times a thousand when getting caught in a vortex of gushing reviews on another author’s book...
View ArticleI’m an Emerald contest second-rounder!
I received a lovely email yesterday from Romance Writers of Australia (RWA) to say my manuscript had made it to the second judging round of the Emerald Pro Award, one of RWA’s biggest competitions for...
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