AWM recently sat down with self-published poet James Walton to talk about being a regional writer, crafting beautiful words, and self-publishing. As a self-published author, what is some advice you would give budding writers wanting to self-publish, particularly in the area of poetry? Do it! These days there a number of excellent publishing … Continue reading »
TAKING FIVE WITH WESTERLY MAGAZINE
Dr. Catherine Noske is editor of Westerly Magazine at the University of Western Australia, where she also teaches in Literature and Creative Writing. She has twice been awarded the Elyne Mitchell Prize for Rural Women Writers, and her current manuscript, the subject of a Varuna Fellowship, was shortlisted for the 2015 Dorothy Hewett Award. AWM … Continue reading »
TAKING FIVE WITH CASS MORIARTY
After her first novel, The Promise Seed, was published by UQP in 2015, debut author Cass Moriarty has racked up countless awards, commendations, and glowing reviews. AWM recently sat down with Cass to discuss her process, her influences, and her advice for other writers working toward their debuts. Your first novel, The Promise Seed, … Continue reading »
Always Write The Next Thing
When AWM went to the Romance Writers of Australia conference last year, one of the most interesting sessions was about maximizing your productivity with American writer Maisey Yates. Given Yates somewhat terrifying inspiring levels of productivity since she sold her first book back in 2009, it made for an interesting session. This morning we logged onto … Continue reading »
Advice I’m Keeping In Mind in 2013
Happy 2013, Speakeasy Readers. Hope your holidays have been kind, that you’ve got some writing done, and you’re ready to start releasing some kick-ass work into the world this year. We’ve just settled back into the AWM offices this week, catching up on all the things we missed over the holiday break, but I wanted … Continue reading »
Writing Race Interview: Daniel O’Malley on Getting Published
One of the highlights of the AWMonline Writing Races is the bi-monthly Special Guests. Racers, often aspiring or developing writers, love the chance to get some insight into the writing practice of accomplished authors. Last week we had the pleasure of Daniel O’Malley’s company. Dan’s debut novel, supernatural thriller ‘The Rook’, came out at the … Continue reading »
Writing Races are Go
The second season of Writing Races is up and running! As of August 8th we are once again hosting weekly writing sessions in the AWMonline forums. I’m Julia, the latest AWM intern, and I’m spearheading this season’s Races. Howdy. I’m an aspiring novelist myself, and just a general fan of the written word, so I’m … Continue reading »
Friday Fry-Up
The combination of a pro-internet writer and an ebook panel at a major writing festival always seems to generate something newsworthy. Last month the internet shared the fall-out from the Harrowgate crime writing festival, while this month it’s SF author China Miéville whose comments during a debate about the Future of the novel at the Edinburgh … Continue reading »
Friday Fry-Up
We kick this fry-up off with a boldly-titled article from John Barber: There Will Be No More Professional Writers in the Future. It takes a pessimistic point of view of the changes undergoing publishing, bringing forth a series of arguments about the aggregation of free content and the rise of self-publishers who have outflanked the … Continue reading »