Six copies of ‘The Dangerous Bride’ recently arrived in my house. It took me five years to write this memoir and then I waited more than a year for the publication to happen, and here it is – printed. The …
The writer laid bare
I’m very pleased to announce that a writer I mentored through Writers Victoria, Bambi Smyth, is about to release in October her travel memoir ‘Men on the Menu’ via Five Miles Press. More details about Bambi are here http://www.bambismyth.com.au/…
A Guest Post by Susan Wyndham, the literary editor of SMH: On Not Writing a Novel
I am writing a novel. I have been writing it for five years. But most of the time I write it in my head. Does this sound familiar? Am I just another wannabe novelist who talks big but will never …
That Damn First Draft
Now that my memoir The Dangerous Bride is finally printed and about to be released in a month, I am at work on my new writing plans. I always need lots of plans to produce a little something. Making plans …
Two pieces of good news:
1. I loved judging the Grace Marion Wilson Emerging Writers Competition this year and the winners were just announced. Their works will be published in the next Writers Victoria magazine.
2. Thanks to Writers Victoria …
A Guest Post from the renowned writing mentor Sydney Smith: Understanding your antagonist
Whenever a writer tells me they have a problem with Act 2 of their novel, I ask them about their antagonist, the character who opposes the protagonist and prevents them from getting what they want. Act 2 forms the bulk …