Sometime after my memoir The Dangerous Bride came out, I received an email from a woman who had read my book. Her name was Anna, she was of a Russian origin and lived in Melbourne. There was also a Russian …
Dr Writer & Mr Editor: A guest post by Dmetri Kakmi
As a writer who is also an editor, I’m often asked how it feels to be edited. In other words, how does it feel to be on the receiving end of criticism and someone else’s red pen, instead of being …
How to be a writer
The German novelist Thomas Mann once suggested that writers are those people who find writing difficult, and I suspect the vast majority of writers would agree with him (I don’t really want to know about the few lucky ones who …
I’m actually someone’s literary crush! And this is even out there in the open, on the webpage of The Suburban Review. Unexpected and humbling.…
Come and see me this week talking with female archbishop and the director of Islamic Museum.
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10 tips for running a writers’ group: Guest post by Tracy Sayre
It was on a balmy evening in Mozambique that I discovered my love of writing groups. I was working there as a volunteer teacher. With lots of free time and few distractions, I hoped to revise a manuscript I had …