How Writers Earn Money #1: Advances
Welcome to the first post in my new series How Writers Earn Money, an area shrouded in mystery! I’ll be sharing my own…
Read MoreWelcome to the first post in my new series How Writers Earn Money, an area shrouded in mystery! I’ll be sharing my own…
Read MoreWriting, perhaps more than most other careers, is characterised by a maelstrom of feelings. There is frustration that you can’t get an agent…
Read MoreMy guest on this edition of How to Become a Writer* is the inimitable Ryan O’Neill, who found his way to writing via…
Read MoreI’ve been in a reading malaise for a while now, and due to some things going on in my personal life, when I…
Read MoreSoon after you sign a contract with a publisher, the editing process begins. A recent poll revealed that being edited is one of…
Read MoreGo a little out of your depth and when you don’t feel that your feet are quite touching the bottom, you’re just about…
Read MoreI read a great deal more fiction than non-fiction, but I do love a good memoir. These are some of my favourites. Cheryl…
Read MoreHarry Saddler is the author of The Eastern Curlew (2018), We Both Know: Ten Stories About Relationships(2005) and Small Moments (2007), a short novel about the aftermath of the…
Read MoreI recently rediscovered this quote, from Tobias Wolff’s incredible novel Old School, while looking through an old notebook. Does it feel true of…
Read MoreClaire Varley is the author of novels The Book of Ordinary People (2018) and The Bit in Between(2015). She works in the community…
Read MoreWhat are lending rights? I sometimes have readers apologise to me for borrowing one of my books from a library instead of buying…
Read MoreThis 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…
Read MoreTax time is always a fun reality check! This year I earned a little over $21,000 from writing-related activities which I have broken…
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