Get Digging
Too many writers sit around waiting for inspiration to fuel them through the course of their writing. It just won’t happen. Inspiration is such a small part of the writing … Continued
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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
Profile: Con Shalevski
Tell us a bit about yourself …My name is Con and I have been writing since high school back in 1984. This is the first book I have published and … Continued
Profile: Ruža Dabić-Bučak
Tell us a bit about yourself …My name is Ruža Dabić-Bučak. I was born in Croatia in 1950 and grew up in my much loved Kolonija-Šećerana, Županja. My husband and … Continued
How lowbrow fiction is carrying us across the murky waters of this pandemic
In early 2020, Melbournians in lockdown found freedom in new hobbies: baking a fresh loaf of sourdough, learning to crochet, tie-dying jeans, or learning the latest TikTok dance. When the … Continued
Hurdles, Hope and COVID Era Publishing
We had a place, a designated café that we always used for interviews. Decent coffee, if not overpriced, with a trendy postgrad hangout vibe. It was February 2020, and my … Continued
5 Costly Self-Publishing Mistakes
Don’t let self-publishing your book put you in debt or send you around the bend in frustration.
Writing in a time of unrest
This is not exactly the kind of editorial that I expected to write in 2020, or any time for that matter, but life has a way of throwing unexpected things … Continued