Advice for writers.
It can be tricky to protect yourself as a creator. The act of creation has enormous worth, as does sharing that creation. Fortunately, here in Australia, writers and other creators are granted automatic copyright and moral rights to protect their creative works, which is great! There’s a blog post over…
Last month I was invited to participate in a brainstorming ‘co-design’ day with my local council to develop a social sustainability strategy – how to be ‘Better Together’ by 2041. It was really fun and thought-provoking, covering topics like feeling safe, included and connected. I was able to share real life…
It’s a brave time to be publishing books with Covid-19 uncertainties rife all around the world. So I wanted to give a special shout out to some of the amazing Australian authors who I’ve helped published in 2020 – either with a book layout, an edit, mentoring, or all of…
Time often spontaneously speeds up or slows down depending on what we’re doing and where we are… Do What? Last week, I fell over. I’m too old to fall over! But as I was jogging down the street on my morning run, I tripped on a raised section of pavement,…
It’s the first day of spring in Australia today, so what better time to launch my brand new on-demand writing and book creation courses! It’s been a long time in the making: inspiring writers and teaching them about their craft since 1991, working in the publishing industry since 1996, leading…
Every month I donate time to helping others further behind me in their writing journeys. Most recently this has involved judging the Mosman Youth Awards in Literature, for which I not only read the entries and selected the winners, but also offered a detailed judge’s report. This year the award…
You started creating a book, short story, life story or memoir, completed a first draft, now don’t know if it’s truly ‘finished’? Even seasoned writers can struggle with this question of when to stop. As well as writing amazing stories (he he!), I run a full-time creative support business. It…
