I admit this isn’t an original idea, but it’s a very good idea. First someone decided to rewrite the first lines of ten classic novels for social distancing. I’m taking the liberty of rewriting the opening lines from 25 of my favourite Australian novels for the Time of COVID-19. Apologies to all concerned. InvisibleContinue reading “The First Lines of Australian Novels Rewritten for COVID-19”
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How to Pitch Your Book (and Yourself)
Lessons in how to pitch your book and get more author speaking engagements.
When Good Comes From Bad
In January 2020 writers got together to raise over half a million dollars to support the bushfire appeals, and I made some new friends.
I Don’t Think I Am a Stalker
Have you ever had the experience where you read something, and think ‘Oh my God. That is EXACTLY what I was thinking. That person must know me. We must be, like, TWINS.’ I have that experience on a fairly regular basis when I read a column by Perth writer Ros Thomas, every Saturday morning inContinue reading “I Don’t Think I Am a Stalker”
The Future is Unread Books
A woman’s wardrobe is a place for her most private possessions. Intimate, cherished, well worn. But clothes no longer take pride of place in my walk-in-robe. Clothes are merely items to modestly protect the eyes of others. My wardrobe has spontaneously forged a new existence – as a bookshelf. What started as a humble pileContinue reading “The Future is Unread Books”
Machiavellian Bastards
In the not so distant past I attended the ‘Writing Dramatic Dialogue’ class run by author John Harman. I had hoped that it would help me limber up my writing muscles: what I didn’t realise is that it would give me licence to kill – in the literary sense that is. John started by telling us:Continue reading “Machiavellian Bastards”
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