In this interview, author Lynsey McDonnell shares how she wrote Bailey Street around a full-time career, using writing retreats, creative momentum and trust in her creative process.
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In this interview, I chat with Anna Woods an Auckland debut novelist on longhand by amber lamplight, Scrivener and Excel in the same process, and what Clarissa has to do with a psychological thriller set in an architecture firm.
In this interview, I chat with Melbourne novelist Trish Bolton on gardening as painting, procrastination as fear, and why the big ideas never happen in front of the screen.
In this interview, I chat with Northern Beaches debut memoirist Lorena Otes on writing memoir, 13 rounds of IVF, why she wrote 100 words a day for a year, and how dancing helped her get unstuck
In this interview, I chat with American-in-Sydney debut memoirist Lindsay Bartels on writing Imogen in Waiting by hand across four notebooks, protecting early fiction from feedback, and why home is where the books are.
In this interview, I chat with writer Melissa Sharman to hear about why she needed to write her memoir and how she approached it.
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I sit down with Sydney novelist Cassie Stroud to hear about her creativity and why knitting taught her everything about writing a book, and creativity as the best bit of
Author Lauren Novak on mum rage, debut books + journalism instincts that shape her writing. In this interview Adelaide journalist turned debut author talks about turning a personal problem into a researched book and why curiosity matters more than being good at English.
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This interview features writer Emma Hardy on her debut literary memoir Periodic Bitch, the structure that held it all together and why knowing whether you’re a holder or a sharer might be the most useful thing a writer
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Interviews with creatives