The Varuna Publisher Fellowships is open for 2011. What is Varuna? It’s a beautiful house in the Blue Mountains which is run as a writers retreat. (For more see here). What is a fellowship? In their own words: ‘The Varuna … Continue reading
Alisa was interviewed here recently because we were really excited about her nomination for a World Fantasy Award. Well, the big news is SHE WON! Here’s the Link. Scroll down to Non-Professional Award (meaning they edit for love, rather than … Continue reading
Back in the late nineties after I had my first children’s book published I wrote up a Beginning Writer’s Checklist (here’s the updated version). Recently, I came across this post The Common Traits of the Successful Writer by Bob Mayer, … Continue reading
Today we have Foz Meadows visiting: (here she is in ‘serious’ mode) Original Inspiration: I was ten years old when I first started writing stories for fun, and twelve when I decided I wanted to grow up to be an … Continue reading
Doing the Happy Dance for Marianne. Angel Arias, sequel to Burn Bright is out. Not only does this book have a superb cover, but a great clip with music by Yunyu and clip by my DH, Daryl. (R & D … Continue reading
George Ivanoff did a post about book trailers for ROR recently. Nigel commented that his reading forum were discussing this and: 1) Most people didn’t even know book trailers existed 2) Those that did know they existed did not … Continue reading
We’re here today to celebrate the launch of the Hope anthology last weekend. ( All of the contributions donated their stories. And all profits from the sale of the book will be donated to Beyondblue and The Anika Foundation). I’m … Continue reading
Today we’re going to hear from 2 members of the RWA Paranormal Romance e-group, who have been driving their writing craft and writing careers forward by entering writing competitions. For anyone writing a book that contains characters who are motivated … Continue reading
I finished writing a book last week, which should feel like a huge, milestone moment, except of course it’s not. I got to the end of the book, having written all the scenes I think should be in the book, … Continue reading
As writers we can’t get away from writing dialogue. My son is currently reading Dostoevsky and he showed me a passage he’d just read which was one paragraph that went on for pages. Of course that book was written 150 … Continue reading