Dear Dreamers, Our last month in Capalaba has begun (last five weeks if you want to be technical). It's exciting and nerve racking, because after we leave we literally have no place to go. The safety nets gone, or at least its back in Victoria, and we'll really be the gypsy's everyone jokes that we …
Letters from the Road: March 2017
Dear Dreamers, Today is Mat and my first full day in Queensland. We have settled in to my parents old house for the next few months before it is handed over to its new owners. Its a strange feeling being back here without my parents and knowing its the last time but I'm very glad …
Short Story Competitions – March 2017
I've been doing a lot of research into upcoming short story competitions this year with the intention of submitting to as many as I can. Since I've done the research I figure I should share it. So here is my list of short fiction competitions with deadlines in March. Happy submitting! F(r)iction Winter Literary Competition …
Celebrate Every Success
As a writer there are a lot rejections, disappointments and struggles. So when you have a win, it's important to celebrate it. Appreciate every little success that comes your way, you deserve it. This week my first newspaper article was published in the Tatura Guardian. It was really exciting to see may name in print, …
Letters from the Farm: August
Dear Writers, Readers and Daydreamers, I am writing this from the back deck of my farm cottage. The dog is hunting for treats I threw into the yard and bees are seeking out the tiny mauve flowers that have sprouted across the lawn since the temperature picked up. I’ve taken the day off from the community centre where …
Interview: Helen Scheuerer
Helen Scheuerer is a creative writer and novelist based in Sydney, Australia. She has completed multiple degrees, her debut novel is due to be published later this year, she's the founder of a small press and is generally pretty amazing. She tell's us all about it below! Tell us a bit about yourself and your writing? Sure …
In which many good things happen
I’ve been having a string of good luck lately. In the last week I received my Masters degree from Deakin in the mail, placed first in The Writing Junction Mentorship and Microfiction competition for my story 'Crow' and had a short story published in The Airgonaut. My Facebook and Twitter pages have become the grounds …
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 know to know more about her writing and her process. Luckily she agreed to an interview and the wondrous results are below. Tell us a …
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 …
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 …
