How to Become a Writer: Harry Saddler
This series is based on an early short-story by Lorrie Moore called ‘How to Become a Writer’, a wry account of all the seemingly random events, choices and…
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Tobias Wolff on Writing
I recently rediscovered this quote, from Tobias Wolff’s incredible novel Old School, while looking through an old notebook. Does it feel true of…
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How to Become a Writer: Claire Varley
This series is based on an early short-story by Lorrie Moore called ‘How to Become a Writer’, a wry account of all the seemingly random events, choices and…
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How Writers Earn Money: Lending Rights
What are lending rights? I sometimes have readers apologise to me for borrowing one of my books from a library instead of buying…
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How to Become a Writer: Andy Griffiths
This series is based on an early short-story by Lorrie Moore called ‘How to Become a Writer’, a wry account of all the seemingly random events, choices and…
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How Writers Earn Money: My EOFY Report
Welcome back to How Writers Earn Money, in which I pull back the curtains and reveal closely-guarded secrets about writers’ incomes. I believe it’s…
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BFFs & Frenemies: Top 10 Books about Friendship
My novel-in-progress, Monkey See, is about the very unlikely friendship that forms between my protagonist, Danior and a spider monkey named Chacho who…
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How to Become a Writer: Angela Meyer
This series is based on an early short-story by Lorrie Moore called ‘How to Become a Writer’, a wry account of all the seemingly random events, choices and…
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How to Become a Writer: Kim Lock
This series is based on an early short-story by Lorrie Moore called ‘How to Become a Writer’, a wry account of all the seemingly random events, choices and…
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How Writers Earn Money #3 (Part 2): Public Speaking in Schools
As I mentioned in Part 1 of my post on festivals and libraries, public speaking is one way to earn extra money as…
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