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How many spreadsheets does it take to get published?
Truth be told, the answer to that question is none. When I was first published I had zero spreadsheets. No submission tracker or pitch tracker. Nothing. I didn’t even know how much I liked spreadsheets yet. These days my love affair with spreadsheets is in full flight (I had one for my son’s first foods…
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December + 2022 in review
Another month has come to a close and so has 2022. For many in Australia 2022 was another extremely hard year in a string of hard years with ongoing floods affecting much of the east coast. If you’ve been reading my monthly recaps you’ll know we’ve been hit hard by repeated illnesses throughout the year…
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Cathryn Free on Writing for Children’s Magazines
Ever since I set my goal for 2023 (breaking into writing for children’s magazine) I’ve been looking for resources and experience from other writers who have achieved this. I was beginning to despair when I stumbled upon Cathryn Free. Cathryn Free is a teacher and writer with numerous publications in magazines for both children and…
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5 types of short story ideas
These are the five types of short story ideas I have experienced over the years… *Calculations are a guestimate based on a gut feeling of what it true. I’d love to know what kind of story ideas you’ve encountered. And if you’d like to know the types of short story drafts I’ve written I’d be…
