SHAEDEN BERRY “Write what you’re passionate about.”
Q&A with Shaeden Berry on her second novel, At Cafe 64.
JODIE FITZSIMONS “I’m very passionate now about the idea of forging your own path and finding ways to make things happen for yourself.”
Q&A with Jodie Fitzsimons on Wombat the Copycat
ALICIA HITCHCOCK “Read widely and write often.”
Q&A with Alicia Hitchcock, author of Barbed Wire and Brumbies
CAMILLE BOOKER “Remember that your story already exists inside you. If you sit down at the keyboard, the words will come.”
Q&A with Camille Booker, historical fiction author of The Woman In The Waves
JACQUELINE DE ROSE-AHERN “The more you keep writing and sharing, the more you will learn, develop and grow.”
Q&A with Jacqueline de Rose-Ahern on The Missing Book and The Secret Ingredient, the first two books in her new Ariana Treasure series of six Junior Fiction books due for realease this year!
VALERIE G MILLER “ I decided that if I was to follow my dream, I needed to start now. My dream? To write a novel (and novels) to be published.”
Q&A with historical fiction author Valerie G Miller on her debut novel There’s Something About You, Olivia Bennet
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.
TESS WOODS “If you have big dreams then don’t be afraid to dream big!”
Q&A with Tess Woods on The Venice Hotel
LISA KENWAY “There will always be another opportunity.”
Q&A with Lisa Kenway on her debut novel All You Took From Me
CASEY NOTT “Published or not, we all have creative worth and it’s important to remember that.”
Q&A with debut contemporary fiction author, Casey Nott
R.W.R. MCDONALD “Crime fiction lets me go dark whereas picture books make me go light – which is a great balance.”
Q&A with R.W.R. McDonald on his debut picture book Happy Millionth Birthday
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
LIZ FOSTER “If you’ve written a novel and you can feel in your bones (and based on feedback) that it’s really got potential, keep going.”
Q&A with Liz Foster, debut author of The Good Woman’s Guide to Making Better Choices
ANNE FREEMAN “No one else in the world sees things as you do, so use that.”
Q&A with author Anne Freeman on Me That You See
RACHAEL JOHNS “It was almost fifteen years from when I first started writing to when I saw my first novel on shelves.”
Q&A with Rachael Johns on The Other Bridget - out now!
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
JESS KITCHING “Querying was tough though, and I was debating giving up right before I received my offer from Kingsley.”
Kelly’s Writerly Q&A with Jess Kitching