So You Want to be a Writer
Episodes
WRITER 018: Meet freelance fiction editor Nicola O'Shea
24 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Why Valerie can't go past a good typewriter, author-approved writing implements, student successes, Cory Doctorow's novel pulled from school reading p...
WRITER 017: Meet bestselling sensation Hugh Howey, author of 'Molly Fyde Saga'
17 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
What are your writing fears? Towns replacing lost industry with books, how to write a solid press release, a new system for plotting your novel, Reser...
WRITER 016: Meet novelist Deborah O'Brien, author of 'A Place of Her Own'
10 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Do you need to give away your secrets to succeed? Why you must know what an author platform is, how book launches have changed, the 14 stages to writi...
WRITER 015: We chat to Kim Wilkins/Kimberley Freeman, author of 'Daughters of the Storm'
04 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Take a break to write, Goodreads launches 'ask the author' section, old writer's notebooks, author earnings: established vs debut, Amazon and Hatchett...
WRITER 014: Meet Mark Dapin, columnist and author of 'Spirit House'
27 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Is the Internet an enemy of writers' creativity? Huffington Post and Techcrunch establish a presence in Australia, how to make story time count with y...
WRITER 013: Meet Kristen Hammond, senior commissioning editor for John Wiley & Sons Australia
20 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Great authors who've disowned their books, why is Scarlett Johansson suing an author? Australian Gourmet Traveller and Harvey Norman announce the Gour...
WRITER 012: Meet Fiona McFarlane, author of 'The Night Guest'
12 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Are journalists miserable, over educated and underpaid? The Best Australian blogs are announced, the secret libraries of New York city, write a novel....
WRITER 011: We chat to Alexa Moses, author of 'Talk Like an Ancient Egyptian'
07 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Tablet magazines - are you reading them? The periodic table of storytelling, fake twitter followers, the difference between goals and dreams, the top ...
WRITER 010: Meet Gabrielle Tozer, author of 'The Intern'
01 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Finalists for the Best Australian Blogs Competition are announced, should you dump your agent and focus on self-publishing? JuNoWriMo is here, Fin Rev...
WRITER 009: Meet Jennifer Smart, debut author of 'The Wardrobe Girl'
22 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Want to be part of a dynamic team? Ex-writer creates up to redefine the way you read fiction, should you name and shame publishers to get paid?, Donna...
WRITER 008: Meet Kate Garklavs, editorial analyst at Scripted.com
15 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Puberty Blues, why journalists should use twitter when fired, Children's Book Council Book of the Year Shortlist, 2014 NSW Premier's Literary Awards S...
WRITER 007: Meet freelance editor Kylie Mason
11 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Julia Gillard compares her time as PM to Game of Thrones, Shakespeare's works converted into web comics, Beacon Reader creates new funding model for w...
WRITER 006: Meet Jack Ellis, author of 'The Best Feeling of All'
08 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The Hoopla begins charging for content, Russell Brand reveals new children's stories on YouTube, Julian Assange to publish book 'When Google Met Wikil...
WRITER 005: We chat to John Purcell, author of 'The Secret Lives of Emma'
02 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
News Corp launches a new publication in Adelaide, is print making a comeback, Korean agency Cheil apologises for losing control of two water buffaloes...
WRITER 0004: Meet Allison Rushby, author of 'Being Hartley'
25 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Time to claim your ELR/PLR, JK Rowling puts new Harry Potter story on website, do book trailers really work?, the book 'Public Speaking for Authors, C...
WRITER 003: Interview with Dr Anita Heiss, author of 'Tiddas'
18 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Is cursive becoming a lost art?, feel happier writing with Evernote, more versions of the C-word get added to the Oxford Dictionary, the book 'Authorp...
WRITER 002: We chat to Fleur McDonald, author of 'Red Dust'
12 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
1 in 10 Americans think html is an STD, Women’s Weekly labels innocent man as accused, Update on Amtrak Writers in Residence program, the book &...
WRITER 001: Meet Graeme Simsion, author of 'The Rosie Project'.
07 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Amtrak Writers in Residence program, Twitter Fiction Festival, 'Write. Publish. Repeat.' by Sean Platt and Johnny B. Truant, Problogg...