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Writer Interview: Kate Liston-Mills
Kate Liston-Mills is a fiction writer from Pambula, NSW. I was lucky enough to meet her at North Gong pub with the Wollongong Writers Festival team and knew I wanted to know more about her writing and her process. Luckily she agreed to an interview and the wondrous results are below. Tell us a bit…
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Writer Interview: Kyra Bandte
There’s nothing better than a good interview and I thoroughly enjoyed Kyra Bandte’s witty and insightful responses in this, my inaugural writer interview. Read on to hear Kyra’s take on author labels, her writing process, the influence study and work has had on her writing and more. Tell us a bit about yourself and your…
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How to Treat Writing Like a Business
With the advent of companies like Etsy this really has become the age of the indie business. And if creatives such as painters, graphic designers and furniture-makers can turn their passion into a small business, why can’t writers? The increasing availability of self-publishing services has enabled writers to do just that, but treating writing like…
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My Hair, My Self
I had imagined, on many occasions, cutting my own hair. I would take the lot of it in my left fist as if to make a side pony-tail, a pair of large strong scissors would glint in my right hand and I’d slice through. I would do it in one slow movement, watching each strand…
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Writing Memories
When I get stuck while writing a story, when asking the ‘what next?’ question yields no fruit, I often write a memory. I delve into my characters past and write about something seemingly unrelated to present day events. As I’m writing these memories it usually feels like I’m buying time or procrastinating, in hindsight though,…
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The Little Prince – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
“Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies.” Date Completed: February 5 2016 Page Length: 98 Goodreads This book is a treasure, a gift from author to reader which I didn’t recognise as such until I reached its end. A friend of mine recommend The Little…
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The Heart Goes Last – Margaret Atwood
“Oblivion is increasingly attractive to the young, and even to the middle-aged, since why retain your brain when no amount of thinking can even begin to solve the problem?” Date Completed: January 20 2016 Page Length: 308 Goodreads The quote I chose for this post didn’t jump out at me when reading The Heart Goes Last however, on rereading…
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Pricing Your Writing
I’ve spent the last six years selling handmade jewellery on Etsy. I even grew enough of a business from it to make a basic living and began selling wholesale to boutiques. So I think I know a thing or two about pricing your creative endeavours in order to turn a profit. As a writer, beholden…