Furious Fiction: The Elephant In The Room
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This is my entry to the creative writing competition, Furious Fiction, by the Australian Writers’ Centre.
Freelance tips: How to conduct an interview
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A good interview can turn your piece into an outstanding article and a bad interview can turn the writing process into a grind as you desperately try to introduce punchy facts that don’t come from the horse’s mouth. Here are some tips to help you improve your interview skills and create better articles.
How to better edit and proofread your own writing
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Proofreading your own work is almost impossible. Here are five tips to improve your skills and help you edit and proofread your own work better.
Books are better as TV shows than movies – here’s 5 reasons why
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I’m loving Big Little Lies on iTunes/HBO and I really loved the book. Don’t you love it when the movie or TV show actually lives up to your expectation? This got me to thinking about the successes (and failures) of turning books into visual works, whether that is TV or movie. In my view TV shows are proving to be … Read More
Book Review: Girl In Between by Anna Daniels
Can a book set in the daggy central Queensland town of Rockhampton rise above its dull and dusty setting to be literary entertainment? Can the tried and tested plot device of a girl having a mid-youth crisis – no job, no man, no ring, no kids – at 32, be compelling? Let’s see, shall we?
Book Review: The Scarlet Key by Debbie Terranova
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The Scarlet Key is a suburban crime thriller set largely in Brisbane’s well-to-do northern suburbs, including Hamilton, Clayfield, New Farm, and Bowen Hills. The lead character, Seth VerBeek is a crusty investigative reporter for The Morning Post.
How to get back into a writing routine after a long break
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Lost your writing mojo? Been away from the keyboard too long? Here are a few tips that might help you get back into the groove.
Quick Review: “You” by Caroline Kepnes
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How do you separate the subject matter from the enjoyment of a book? If writing is art (and I believe it is) then one of its most important roles is to challenge us, create discussion and drive change. And things can only change when we are uncomfortable. So books that make us uncomfortable – are they good? [WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS]
Reasons or excuses? 5 things I learned while writing #NaNoWriMo and an easy way to tell the difference
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Are your reasons for not getting around to writing that book real reasons or are they excuses? Here are five things I learned about reasons and excuses after writing 35,000 words of my novel. (And a quick way to tell the difference!)
How I made time for writing in a busy life
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I’m a mother, a wife, a full-time worker, a friend. So I say “I’m too busy” a LOT. But this November I decided it was now or never – I wanted to win #NaNoWriMo. I needed to find time to write that didn’t mean giving up TV, sleeping, or Joe Biden memes.