Writing the first draft of a novel is a bit like having a baby...
Tag: behind the scenes
Meeting the Family
What happens when you finally get to meet the person you have been researching for almost a decade?
The ANZAC Boys
Perhaps the most tantalising story Gwenyth told me about her aunt, Doris, was in response to my question about why she had never married. Gwenyth explained that many years after Doris had died, she found out from her father (Doris’ younger brother, Walter) that when Doris was very young, she’d had a sweetheart - a … Continue reading The ANZAC Boys
Snubbed by a Plumber
Things have been falling apart in our house lately. First the kitchen sink started leaking. Then the toilet started leaking. Then another toilet decided to stop flushing altogether, which instantly brings you back into the middle-ages and reaffirms your love affair with modern plumbing and disappearing bodily waste. So over the past few weeks I … Continue reading Snubbed by a Plumber
How to Market Yourself as a Writer
As a writer it is a comforting delusion that if you write well, people will simply flock to you, and fame and fortune will eventually find you. Reality is a little more brutal, especially since we are competing with over 150 million blogs plus the many hundreds of thousands of journalists around the world. The … Continue reading How to Market Yourself as a Writer
1,000,000 Clicks and Counting: How to write a viral blog post
How to write a viral blog post from someone who scored a million clicks in a week | Shannon Meyerkort - Author
The Question with No Answer
A lot of people lately have been asking ‘how my writing is going?’ They sidle up to me at parties, or over lunch or in the playground at school, and ask with genuine curiosity. Unless people are following my blogs or subscribed to my articles at WeekendNotes, it would seem that there is a big … Continue reading The Question with No Answer
