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Author: Annabel Smith

Annabel Smith is the author of Whisky Charlie Foxtrot, and A New Map of the Universe, which was shortlisted for the WA Premier’s Book Awards. She has been writer-in-residence at Katherine Susannah Prichard Writers Centre and the Fellowship of Australian Writers (WA), had short fiction and commentary published in Westerly and Southerly and holds a PhD in Writing from Edith Cowan University. In 2012 she was selected by the Australia Council as one of 5 inaugural recipients of a Creative Australia Fellowship for Emerging Artists, for the creation of an interactive app to accompany her experimental speculative fiction The Ark, to be published in 2014. She is currently working on an epic quest with a sci-fi twist featuring a monkey, an evil priestess and the mother of all tsunamis.
How Writers Earn Money: My EOFY Report

How Writers Earn Money: My EOFY Report

Posted on August 13, 2018August 13, 2018 by Annabel Smith

Tax 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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BFFs & Frenemies: Top 10 Books about Friendship

BFFs & Frenemies: Top 10 Books about Friendship

Posted on August 9, 2018 by Annabel Smith

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

How to Become a Writer: Angela Meyer

Posted on July 19, 2018November 29, 2018 by Annabel Smith

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

How to Become a Writer: Kim Lock

Posted on June 8, 2018June 8, 2018 by Annabel Smith

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

How Writers Earn Money #3 (Part 2): Public Speaking in Schools

Posted on June 6, 2018 by Annabel Smith

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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Top 10: Books About Marriage

Top 10: Books About Marriage

Posted on May 31, 2018 by Annabel Smith

The novel I’m writing, the first in a series tentatively titled Monkey See, centres on the lives of a couple who’ve been married…

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How Writers Earn Money #3: Public Speaking (Part 1) - Libraries & Festivals

How Writers Earn Money #3: Public Speaking (Part 1) – Libraries & Festivals

Posted on May 30, 2018May 30, 2018 by Annabel Smith

Public speaking is one way to earn some extra money as a writer, and, depending on the type of public speaking you do,…

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Alexander Chee: The Only Things You Must Have to Become a Writer

Alexander Chee: The Only Things You Must Have to Become a Writer

Posted on May 24, 2018May 24, 2018 by Annabel Smith

I came across this quote earlier this week on Twitter, where it was shared by Sheree Joseph. I agree that stamina is a…

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How to Become a Writer: Laurie Steed

How to Become a Writer: Laurie Steed

Posted on May 22, 2018May 22, 2018 by Annabel Smith

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: Jenny Ackland

How to Become a Writer: Jenny Ackland

Posted on April 25, 2018May 10, 2018 by Annabel Smith

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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