Two events led to these thoughts. The first was a course I did a couple of weeks ago on recording Oral History. During one of the lessons our teacher asked someone to relay their story. The student spoke about her mixed background which included Cherokee and Chinese and how she's come to see the Kimberley …
Time Away to Write
Last week I was on a work trip. I travelled from Sydney to Broome via a connecting flight to Perth. The first leg of this trip alone was four hours. Knowing this, I decided to print one of my works in progress, The Midnight Man, because I’ve been feeling the urge to get it ready …
Obsessing over Chapter Four
As you may know, my writing is more sporadic these days. Gone are the days when my fingers regularly tapped frantically in the hope of churning out a best seller. Now there is more time to obsess over each chapter before I return to my trusty laptop. In the past I have lived with the …
5 Sci-Fi Novels Shaped by Real World Politics – Guest blog by Emmanuel Nataf
This week's guest post comes from Emmanuel Nataf. He is a co-founder of Reedsy, a marketplace that connects authors and publishers with editors, designers, and marketers. Emmanuel dedicates most of his time to building Reedsy’s product and is interested in how technology can transform cultural industries. One of his blogger friends at Reedsy contacted me …
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Conversation with a Book Cover Artist – Natasha Snow
When my first novel was being published, I received a curt email from the head of the publishing company saying that I had asked too much of my cover artist. I had no idea. It was my first book. I was new to this. I'd seen a stock photo of a waiter and wanted him …
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Looking back at my Writer’s Notebook – Part Four
I'm still not even halfway looking back at my old notebook... But I'll make this my last musings on its contents. One thing that's surprised me straight away is that I originally was going to title the last in the Angel and Actors series novels, Drama Queens and Demonic Beings. So glad I didn't. There …
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Looking back at my Writer’s Notebook – Part Three
This week I'll be sharing notes from a workshop on editing between drafts. Over the last two weeks I've been going through my first writer's notebook and rediscovering my musings on improving my manuscripts, and sharing dot points from seminars I attended on writing. Today's blog is a hybrid of the two from an author …
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