Get organised with a 3 act chapter by chapter outline
I’m not as organised as I would like to be when it comes to my writing. Of course, procrastination and a lack of self worth play roles in my snail-like pace as I constantly find distractions to keep me from pursuing my latest ms. But another issue around getting my act together is knowing at…
What’s trending now in publishing
I recently attended a Zoom presentation where members of the Penguin Random House Australia team talked about the changing face of publishing and gave some insider tips on publishing trends. I scrupulously took notes. And now I can’t find them! But I promised I would get this post out to my readership of four, maybe…
The power of flash fiction
A compilation of flash fiction from several highly regarded authors was recently published in The New Yorker so it must be on trend! Two names I recognised were Haruki Murakami and Joyce Carol Oates. I’d always thought of flash fiction as very really extremely short stories but the pieces in The New Yorker appear longer…