500-word challenge
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Through The Glass
Darkly
by Gwen AngstromThe next challenge, write up to 500 words around the theme: SPEED. Closes midnight, 1 May 2012 AWST (GMT+8) More>
Tag Archives: book
Writing – A Poor Choice
Warning: Explicit Content (Look away now if you wish to preserve dreams of rich and successful authorhood) You know that romantic notion of the impoverished artist in a garret? Turns out it’s pretty close to the truth. And far from romantic. … Continue reading
Posted in Blogwax, Swancon36/Natcon50, The Buzz
Tagged abs, australian bureau of statistics, author, book, earning, ian nichols, income, natcon, poverty, publisher, swancon, wage, writers, writing
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Getting Out Of Your Own Way
Guest post by Tamara Hunter Writing – you love it. You either call yourself a writer or you want to be one. But how often do you actually sit down and write? What are the reasons you invent not to write? … Continue reading
Posted in 2011 Perth Writers Festival, Blogwax, The Buzz
Tagged author, block, book, getting out of your own way, jon bauer, novel, perth writers festival, procrastination, ray bradbury, write, writers, writing
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Winner, ‘Spotlight’ Challenge
Congratulations to Tamara Hunter, winner of the ‘spotlight’ challenge with the condensed psycho-drama, ‘Beyond the Pale’. Tamara wins One Year To A Writing Life: Twelve Lessons to Deepen Every Writer’s Art and Craft by Susan Tiberghien. What the entries this … Continue reading
Posted in 500-word challenge, Blogwax
Tagged book, challenge, competition, free competition, free writing competition, prize, spotlight, tamara hunter, winner, write, writer, writing, writing competition
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Risking All For The Story
Someone asks David Whish-Wilson if he is “a dead man walking”. We all laugh, then quickly fall silent. We wait to hear David’s answer because the suggestion is not outside the realm of possibility. The crime fiction author has been … Continue reading
Posted in 2011 Perth Writers Festival, Blogwax, The Buzz
Tagged author, book, crime, david whish-wilson, line of sight, perth writers festival, risk, shirley finn, true crime, write, writer, writing
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Second Novel Squeeze
Guest post by Tamara Hunter Toni Jordan had what was, by any measure, a dream run with her satirically funny debut novel, Addition. Sold into 16 countries, it featured as ‘Comedy of the Summer’ on Richard and Judy’s Book Club … Continue reading
Posted in 2011 Perth Writers Festival, Blogwax, The Buzz
Tagged alibrandi, author, book, books, melina marchetta, novel, perth writers festival, process, publisher, second, second novel, toni jordan, write, writer, writing
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It’s A Dog’s Life: Andrew O’Hagan
Guest post by Keith McDonald Novelists are constantly striving for original takes on old themes and Scot Andrew O’Hagan came up with something markedly different in his latest novel. He even gave up his usual serious style of writing in … Continue reading
Posted in 2011 Perth Writers Festival, Blogwax, The Buzz
Tagged andrew o'hagan, author, book, dog, marilyn monroe, novel, perth writers festival, write, writer
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