Advice for writers.
Is it good to be chirpy all the time? I’ve been asking myself this lately because I am, mostly, chirpy. Over the years, I’ve become fairly comfortable in my own skin. And on the odd day when I’m not comfortable in that skin, I go jog it off. Simple. But……
This week, I’m over at the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild blog talking about the wrong paths writers can sometimes take in life… Picture this: I was twenty-four, it was my first day working for a top London law firm, and I already knew I’d made the biggest mistake of my…
Last week, I asked how far you usually go to solve unpleasant experiences in your life. At what point do you let things go? Well, after I wrote that post, I wondered how other authors handle unpleasant online experiences and what, if any, advice they had for other writers. The…
Okay, so let’s get one thing straight – I don’t consider myself famous! My kids sometimes think I am because I’ve been in the newspaper and on the radio a bit over the last few years, trying to make myself difficult for publishers to ignore (come on, publishers – I’m…
The writing process is how a writer (consciously or subconsciously) sets about writing what they do. Every writer has their own process, and I’ve talked before about the similarities and differences between writing as a pantser or as a planner (see here). Still, while I was teaching one of my…
Yay – I’ve been selected as one of the 2014 contributors for Writing Novels in Australia!! It’s a coveted role and I’m honoured to be included among the established novelists, early-career novelists and emerging novelists who write monthly articles for this treasured resource for writers. Thank you, Steve Rossiter of the…
In January this year, I asked a bunch of writers what their writing goals were for 2013. Was their focus going to be novels, short stories, non-fiction… what? I was interested to see what everyone was planning to achieve, so conducted a poll on my Facebook page. Here are the results…
