DEB JORDAN “Join a writing group, whether it’s in real life or online.”
Q&A with debut women’s suspense author, Deb Jordan
ALICIA HITCHCOCK “Read widely and write often.”
Q&A with Alicia Hitchcock, author of Barbed Wire and Brumbies
KIM ULRICK “Get the words down on the page and worry about editing later.”
Q&A with Kim Ulrick on her debut novel Bad Country.
MIRANDA BIRTHISEL “Being a mother is what started my passion for writing!”
Q&A with children's author Miranda Birthisel on Santa Bilby
SARAH SPEEDIE “Take the time to feel sad about a rejection, then pick yourself up and write another brilliant manuscript.”
Q&A with picture book author Sarah Speedie on Boss Cat
KYLIE ORR “When I was longlisted in The Richell Prize, I cried. I knew it would be the turning point. And it was.”
Q&A with Kylie Orr on her second novel, The Eleventh Floor
HOLLY CRAIG “I received 56 rejections all up on my first novel and each time, I submitted to five more agents.”
2nd Q&A with Holly Craig on her debut novel, The Shallows, 1 month from publication!
NAOMI SHIPPEN “Rejection is inevitable, but you have to keep going.”
Q&A with Naomi Shippen on her debut thriller novel, Far From Harm.
CHENÉE MARRAPODI “I decided to use NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) as my motivation to complete a full rewrite.”
Q&A with debut middle-grade author of One Wrong Turn, Chenée Marrapodi
DI WALKER “That’s how I write – it’s a blurt write, I write a chapter each morning until it is done…”
Q&A with middle grade author, Di Walker on her new novel, Saving Charli
CLAIRE VAN RYN “Set yourself ludicrously achievable goals. Like writing for five minutes a day. You can do that!”
Q&A with Claire Van Ryn on the publication of her debut novel The Secrets Of The Huon Wren
DANI VEE “My process is a lot of thinking, many false starts and persistence!”
Interview with Dani Vee, on the publication of her second picture book My EPIC Dad! Takes Us Camping, the first book in her EPIC Dad series!
CAMILLE BOOKER “When I finished my (very rough) first draft, I had no idea what to do with it. So I entered it into the 2019 Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize.”
Kelly’s Writerly Q&A with Camille Booker, debut historical fiction author of What If You Fly?