A few years ago, I had a weekly column in China Daily, the Chinese Communist Party’s English Language newspaper, in which I gently poked fun at a number of things that I saw in everyday life here in Tianjin. At …
Seven Effective Ways to Kill Your Novel
Six years ago, after several years of working on a novel I’d provisionally titled The Russian Book of Lost Love, I discovered that it is possible to kill your own book. If you, too, contemplate murder, here are some …
The Dangerous Bride
Lee’s memoir The Dangerous Bride is out with MUP in October and was included on Jane Sullivan’s 2014 mustread books http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/next-chapter-mustread-books-for-2014-20140102-306j8.html…
The enemy in my hallway
December for me has always been the month of retrospection, soul-searching, summaries.
This year has been my first year of living the tricky life of a writer-mother.
I delayed motherhood until I reached the ripe age of 39 for several …
Lee’s forthcoming teaching:
‘The Creative Writer: an introductory course’ at CAE/Box Hill TAFE. More details at http://www.cae.edu.au/web/?course=CBX582.
‘Writing Time and Place’ two-day course for fiction and creative nonfiction writers at Writers Victoria. More details at http://writersvictoria.org.au/what-s-on/event/writing-time-and-place/.…
That damn first draft
Now that the year is coming to a close, I am at work on my writing plans for 2014. I always need lots of plans to produce a little something. Making plans is one of my favourite activities. Plans make