The Plague: Journey to a Book #2 – A Second Draft & Seeking Feedback
In my last post, I wrote about how I smashed out a first draft of my novel, (working title The Plague) in just 4…
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The stages of writing and publishing my novels
The Plague: Journey to a Book #1 – Freefall Writing a First Draft
If you read my last Journey to a Book post, you’ll know that based on feedback from the agent who read Monkey See, (which…
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Monkey See: Journey to a Book (Part 3) – Structural Edit & Back-Story
For most of last year I worked on a structural edit of my novel Monkey See, based on some very detailed and insightful feedback from…
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Monkey See: Journey to a Book (Part 2) – Editing
Many years ago I worked as teacher’s aide at St Kilda Primary School. During that period I became VERY familiar with the list of…
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Whiskey & Charlie: Journey to a Book – US ‘Micro-Tour’
Alright, I admit, it was mostly a holiday, but I I did do two bookshop events and I met my publisher so I can…
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Monkey See: Journey to a Book (Part 1) – Completing a First Draft
I recently finished the first draft of my fourth novel Monkey See, which I have been writing, on and off, for a year and a…
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Whiskey & Charlie: Journey to a Book (Part 4) – US Launch
Today is US publication day for my novel Whiskey & Charlie (published in Australia as Whisky Charlie Foxtrot). The process of writing, editing…
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Whiskey & Charlie: Journey to a Book (Part 4)
In January this year I found out that Sourcebooks in the US wanted to publish Whisky Charlie Foxtrot. Cue: hysterical screaming! As a writer,…
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The Ark: Journey to a Book (Part 3)
For me, the least enticing part of writing a book is re-writing. But I also know that it is a hugely important part,…
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The Ark: Journey to a Book (Part 2)
I planned to do a monthly update on my work-in-progress The Ark but time seems to have got away from me and it’s almost 9…
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