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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.
Top 10 Books of My 30s

Top 10 Books of My 30s

Posted on April 25, 2018 by Annabel Smith

After the halcyon days of my twenties, when I was reading a couple of books a week, my son was born when I…

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How to Become a Writer: Susan Midalia

How to Become a Writer: Susan Midalia

Posted on April 6, 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…

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Monkey See: Journey to a Book #2 - A Second Draft & Seeking Feedback

Monkey See: Journey to a Book #2 – A Second Draft & Seeking Feedback

Posted on March 14, 2018April 13, 2022 by Annabel Smith

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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Top 10 Books of 2017

Top 10 Books of 2017

Posted on February 28, 2018 by Annabel Smith

Last year, I didn’t read anywhere near as many books as I usually do. I was off reading in a way I’ve never…

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How Writers Earn Money #2: Royalties

How Writers Earn Money #2: Royalties

Posted on February 27, 2018March 13, 2018 by Annabel Smith

Welcome to the second post in my series How Writers Earn Money, sharing my own stories and those of other writers about how they manage…

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How To Become a Writer: Louise Allan

How To Become a Writer: Louise Allan

Posted on February 23, 2018May 10, 2018 by Annabel Smith

How to Become a Writer is a series about the many and varied steps (and missteps) people take on the way to writing and publishing a book….

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Writers & Other Animals: Ben Hobson on Cormac McCarthy's The Crossing

Writers & Other Animals: Ben Hobson on Cormac McCarthy’s The Crossing

Posted on November 6, 2017November 8, 2017 by Annabel Smith

My work in progress Monkey See features a super-intelligent Spider Monkey named Chacho. Writing the character of Chacho has made me think a lot about…

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How Writers Earn Money #1: Advances

How Writers Earn Money #1: Advances

Posted on October 31, 2017November 8, 2018 by Annabel Smith

Welcome to the first post in my new series How Writers Earn Money, an area shrouded in mystery! I’ll be sharing my own…

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How Writers Earn Money

How Writers Earn Money

Posted on October 26, 2017 by Annabel Smith

Welcome to the first post in my new series: How Writers Earn Money. When I told a writing friend my idea, he said…

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Doris Lessing: Fiction & Truth

Doris Lessing: Fiction & Truth

Posted on October 18, 2017October 18, 2017 by Annabel Smith

I came across this quote in Doris Lessing’s autobiography. I’m not sure if it’s completely true but I find it interesting to contemplate….

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