Advice for writers.
Stephen King (horror writer extraordinaire) says that a story’s opening lines should “invite the reader to begin the story”. “It should say: Listen. Come in here. You want to know about this.” Of course what one person wants to know differs tremendously from what another person wants to know. So…
Today I’m over on Leife Shallcross’s blog talking about my writing touchstone – the one thing that has inspired and will always inspire me to write. I reveal how I first found that source of inspiration and where, why the experience resonated so strongly with me, how my touchstone reflects…
February in Australia means the start of a new school year, and new opportunities to learn. For me it also means new opportunities to teach! Here are some of the courses I’m teaching this term: The Year Your Book Gets Written Creative Writing Essentials Story Structure Introduction to Creative Writing…
As many of you know, I recently co-wrote a book with nine(!) authors (“Into Tordon” by Z.F. Kingbolt), so am particularly fascinated by collaborative writing at the moment. ‘Alice Campion’ is the pseudonym of several authors writing as one: Jane Richards, Jenny Crocker, Jane St Vincent Welch and Denise Tart.…
As many of you know, I recently co-wrote a book with nine(!) authors (“Into Tordon” by Z.F. Kingbolt), so am particularly fascinated by collaborative writing at the moment. A few weeks ago, Alan Baxter and David Wood released the cover for their upcoming collaborative novel, “Primordial”. It looks amazing! Here’s…
As many of you know, I recently co-wrote a book with nine(!) authors (“Into Tordon” by Z.F. Kingbolt), so am particularly fascinated by collaborative writing at the moment. A few weeks ago I attended the launch of “Swarm“, the second in the superhero YA series by Margo Lanagan, Deborah Biancotti…
What a busy but fulfilling month! I’ve judged three short story competitions, attended one festival, two presentation ceremonies, featured in one local newspaper and one local magazine, agreed to one free writing workshop for kids, and have signed a book deal! Wow! Wanna see some photos? Last Wednesday I presented…
