How to Become a Writer: Fiona Murphy
Fiona Murphy is an award-winning deaf poet and essayist based in the Blue Mountains, NSW. Her work has been appeared in The Guardian,…
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Musings on the writing process and the writing life, from myself and other authors.
How to Become a Writer: Susan Johnson
Susan Johnson is the author of 13 books, mostly novels, and two non-fiction books, On Beauty, and a memoir on illness, motherhood, and…
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How to Become a Writer: Ashley Kalagian Blunt
Ashley Kalagian Blunt is the author of How to Be Australian (Affirm Press, 2020). Her first book, My Name Is Revenge (Spineless Wonders,…
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How to Become a Writer: Irma Gold
Irma Gold’s debut novel, The Breaking, was released in March 2021. She is also the author of a short fiction collection, Two Steps…
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How to Become a Writer: Sam Van Zweden
Sam van Zweden is a Melbourne-based freelance writer interested in experimental nonfiction, essays, mental health, body writing, food, and memory. Her collection of…
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How to Become a Writer: Imbi Neeme
Imbi Neeme is a recovering blogger, impending novelist and compulsive short story writer. Her manuscript The Spill was awarded the 2019 Penguin Literary Prize….
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How to Become a Writer: Laura Elvery
Laura Elvery is a writer from Brisbane. She has a PhD in Creative Writing and Literary Studies. Her work has been published in Overland, Griffith…
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How to Become a Writer: Mark Simpson
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: Kate Mildenhall
Kate Mildenhall is a writer and teacher. Her debut novel, Skylarking, was named in Readings Top Ten Fiction Books of 2016 and longlisted…
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How Writers Earn Money: My 2020 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 better to have honest conversations about the realities of the incredibly low incomes most writers earn, as well as exploring other avenues for earning income beyond advances and royalties. I share real figures, facts and tips and stories from writers about how they manage to pay the bills while writing.
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