Tag: fiction
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How to face the fear and write your first novel
Writing your first novel can seem terrifying when you start. But you can do it! Here’s how.
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How to read 52 books a year
“You read how many books a year?!” is usually the response when I tell people I read 52 books a year. Some years it’s more, some years it’s less, but I always aim to read a book a week, every year.
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Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier, or why people in creepy houses shouldn’t throw fancy dress parties
Last week I finished reading Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier (yeah I know, it’s a classic and I should have read it eons ago!). As a writer, you spend all your time searching for the book that will blow you away, hoping the next one will be spectacular, and the next one. And usually books…
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Crime Writing Masterclass at the Emerging Writers Festival
I am so excited to be running a workshop on Killing Your Darlings as part of the Crime Writing Masterclass at the Emerging Writers Festival in Melbourne on Monday June 24.
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The Best Books I Read in 2018
It’s become a habit that every year I sit down and review the best books I read in the previous year. And with 2019 now in full swing, I thought I’d share my year of good reading with you all.
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Winning Three Scarlet Stiletto Prizes!
What a weekend! If you haven’t seen me posting all over the internet already, I won three prizes at the Scarlet Stiletto Awards on Saturday night including: The Sun Bookshop Third Prize The Kerry Greenwood Malice Domestic Award The Athenaeum Library Body in the Library Runner-Up Prize