Published authors share their own writing journey from how they started writing to finding the impulse for a book-length work and developing this to a point of being ready to submit, navigating the world of publishing and ultimately having a work in market.
This is the insider information on what works, the writing tropes that just get in the way, and those that helped create compelling work. It’s all the advice published writers wish they’d had.
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Writing Insider – Elizabeth (Liz) Tynan
Liz discusses her professional writing career and how her love of research and untold stories led her to write popular history. Starting out Why did you start writing? I undertook…
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Haylee discusses her pathway to being a writer and what inspired her to write a children’s picture book. Starting out Why did you start writing? That’s a somewhat tricky question…
Read moreWriting Insider – Catherine McCullagh
Catherine discusses what led her to become a writer of historical fiction and how she researches and develops her work for publication. Starting out Why did you start writing? I…
Read moreWriting Insider – Ruth Morgan
Ruth Morgan discusses writing the stories that allow her no peace and how to qualify trusted readers. Starting out Why did you start writing? I’ve wanted to write for as…
Read moreWriting Insider – Tanya Heaslip
Tanya Heaslip discusses how her life has shaped her writing and equipped her for rejection. Starting out Why did you start writing? I have written since I was a little…
Read moreWriting Insider – Kate Murdoch
Kate Murdoch discusses how her writing group helped her develop The Orange Grove. Developing the work What helped you along the way? There are many things that have helped, but…
Read moreWriting Insider – Sarah Bacaller
Sarah Bacaller talks about how she started out as a writer and what led her to publish her first book. Starting out Why did you start writing? Was it a general…
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