Stepping Into Genre Fiction
The past few years of my life have been spent knee-deep in a literature degree. Countless hours have been dedicated reading and studying literary fiction, from Wilde to Woolf to … Continued
Author Profiles
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Learning and Growing
“You need to write a blog. It can be about anything.” Those were the infamous words spoken, yet I still didn’t know what to write. I went through many examples … Continued
Nerd vs Academic
If you are a reader, more often than not you are judged. Judged by society. Judged by those close to you. Judged by yourself. As a young reader discovering the … Continued
What does a final draft look like?
Artists often remark that the skill of a good artist is knowing when you are done. The same applies to a book. Regardless of whether it is a novel or … Continued
Show, Don’t Tell
My first thought is that what I’m about to say is a rather universal experience, or at least universal for those of us who cling so tightly to the identity … Continued
Writer Beware
Recently, Ballarat-based self-publisher, Shawline Publishing, collapsed amid rumours of impropriety. Various news outlets, such as the Sydney Morning Herald, the ABC, and the Ballarat Courier, have written stories about it. … Continued
Words and the Weather
When the sun becomes shrouded in a haze of grey clouds and the winter winds blow through the trees, I fear the worst… Infected with “seasonal blues”, I can always … Continued
Interview Anxiety
I wore earrings for the first time in months. I put on my Shakespeare pin, in case I needed to prove my dedication to writing. I scheduled therapy directly before. … Continued