Advice for writers.
Who writes here? Ian Irvine Who’s that? Ian Irvine is a marine scientist who has developed some of Australia’s national guidelines for the protection of the oceanic environment, and still works in this field. He has written 29 novels, including the internationally bestselling 11-book fantasy sequence The Three Worlds, an…
We all have our favourite places to write. Some of us like comfy couchs and warm fires, others like the local café or park. Most of us also have a desk somewhere, either buried under piles of something or organized and clean. Me? I have a desk… but I don’t…
A writer-friend asked me the other day how I handle rejection. What a great topic for a blog, I thought! Over the years, I’ve developed a fantastic set of tactics to handle rejection, so I thought I’d share them with you… PLEASE NOTE: these tactics don’t always work, but they…
Last Saturday, at 6.30am, the sky looked like this: How do I know? Because I was getting ready to head into Manly for the KSP Write-a-Book-in-a-Day challenge – all to raise money for charity! Our team, made up of ten Northern Beaches Writers’ Group members – Leah Boonthanom, Fiona Howland-Rose,…
Last Thursday night, the NSW Writers’ Centre took their tutors out of their comfort zones and asked them to create a story, mashing together two very different genres. My challenge was to mash up…
Every now and then writers doubt themselves. Is this whole writing gig bringing my family enough money? Am I any good? I’m doing all the right things – so why aren’t my sales higher / isn’t my novel published yet? Every now and then, writers get spontaneous unprompted encouragement. Published…
Chuffed. Last night, at the 18th annual Aurealis Awards held in North Sydney’s Independent Theatre, the Australian speculative fiction scene was chuffed… and proud. It all started with Scott Westerfeld’s inspiring opening address. He spoke of speculative fiction as the revitalising force of the movie, television and literary industries, and…
