Author Interviews

Today I welcome Alice Pung to How Writers Work HOW DID YOU FIRST GET PUBLISHED? My first book Continue reading →

Today I welcome author and publisher Paul Collins. How did you get your first book published? I didn't read as a kid -- in fact, there wasn't a book in our house. Well, there was one. A green-spined Penguin mystery that would appear Continue reading →

It was very good Luck! I had a weird collection of surrealistic black and white drawings Continue reading →

Today I welcome Sherryl Clark to talk about her journey into writing, her books and other things. Continue reading →

How did your first book get published? I am loathe to say that my first book took only 3 hours to write. That said, it was three hours and twenty years of practise, so when you look at it that way, it's not so bad. It was a classic case of noticing opportunity when it knocks and opening the door. Continue reading →

  How did you get your first book published? My debut YA novel, Letters to Leonardo took over 10 years from initial idea to publication. It involved more than 30 drafts and around 1 million words on paper. Continue reading →

Kate Forsyth is my guest this week on How Writers Work How did you get your first book published? I’ve always wanted to be a writer – it’s the only thing I’ve ever wanted to be. All through my childhood I wrote many poems and novels, and sent out my first manuscript when I was sixteen Continue reading →

  Susanne Gervay is my guest this week on How Writers Work How did you get your first book published? My first book ‘Jamie’s a Hero’ took two years to get published. I faced endless rejections until Continue reading →

How did you get your first book published? I wrote my first novel, Rhino Chasers, while I was studying Professional Writing and Editing at RMIT. Three separate novel classes helped me hone the draft. Continue reading →

With the release of her fantastic new book, The Reluctant Hallelujah, Gabrielle Williams is my featured author on How Writer's Work. Continue reading →

                        This week I welcome Margo Lanagan! How did you get your first book published? My first several books were written under pseudonyms. They were romance stories for teenage readers, quite formulaic and simple. Continue reading →

                  This week, children's author Wendy Orr visits my blog. How did you got your first book published? I made a decision to write seriously -  for publication - at the beginning of 1986. Continue reading →

                          1. How did you get your first book published? My road to publication was paved with a combination of persistence and luck. I started sending short stories to publishers when I was doing my Bachelor of Arts at uni. Many years later, I finally hit the right publisher with the right story at the right time. Continue reading →

This is a weekly series of guest posts on How Writers Work. This week YA author and television script writer Fiona Wood gives us an insight into her writing life. Continue reading →

This is a weekly series of guest posts on How Writers Work. This week, award winning children's picture book author and illustrator Narelle Oliver gives us an insight into her writing and illustrating life. Continue reading →

This is a weekly series of guest posts on How Writers Work. This week, children's author and illustrator Peter Carnavas gives us an insight into his writing and illustrating life. Continue reading →

This is a weekly series of guest posts on How Writers Work. This week, Tristan Bancks gives us an insight into his life as an author. Continue reading →

This is a weekly series of guest posts on How Writers Work. In particular, children's writers. Kate Gordon gives us an insight into her life as an author.             1. How did you get your first book published? I know that I was lucky to get my first book published in the way that I did – heck, I was lucky to get Continue reading →

This is a weekly series of guest posts on How Writers Work. Ian Irvine gives us an insight into his writing process. Continue reading →

This is a weekly series of guest posts on How Writers Work. Lorraine Marwood, Australian poet and children’s author and winner of the Prime Minister's Literary Award, gives us an insight into her writing process. Continue reading →

This is a weekly series of guest posts on How Writers Work. Australian children’s author Corinne Fenton gives us an insight into her writing process. Continue reading →

This is a weekly series of guest posts on How Writers Work. Australian children’s and YA author Carole Wilkinson talks about her writing. Continue reading →

This is a weekly series of guest posts on How Writers Work. This week I'm talking about how I write and my creative space. Continue reading →

This is a weekly series of guest posts on How Writers Work. Australian children's and YA author Sue Lawson talks about her writing process. Continue reading →

This is a weekly series of guest posts on How Writers Work. Australian YA author Lili Wilkinson talks about her writing process. Continue reading →

This is a weekly series of guest posts on How Writers Work. Australian children’s and YA author Cath Crowley talks about her writing process. Continue reading →

This is a weekly series of guest posts on How Writers Work. Australian children’s and YA author Michael Gerard Bauer talks about his writing process. Continue reading →

This is a weekly series of guest posts on How Writers Work. Australian children’s author Claire Saxby talks about her writing process.               How did you get your first book published? The first writing class I did was Short Story. Easiest way to start I figured. Hah! Of course, to anyone who knows, short stories are a challenging form and certainly not a place for beginners. Or for this beginner anyway. Continue reading →

This is a weekly series of guest posts on How Writers Work. Australian children's and YA author Michael Wagner talks about his writing process. Continue reading →

Inspired by Simmone Howell’s Anatomy of a Novel, this is a weekly series of guest posts on How Writers Work. Australian author Hazel Edwards talks about her writing process. Continue reading →

Inspired by Simmone Howell’s Anatomy of a Novel, this is a weekly series of guest posts on How Writers Work. Children's and YA author Julia Lawrinson talks about her writing process. Continue reading →

Inspired by Simmone Howell's Anatomy of a Novel, this is the first in a series of guest blogs on How Writers Work. YA author Michael Pryor talks about his writing process. Continue reading →