Tag: author
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Why I Write:Writing Out Loud #3
If money is the measure of success, as a short story writer and poet, I have little chance. So why do I turn up? Why do I fill notebooks with words? Then copy and rewrite it in Evernote. And then again into Scrivener? I now know I’m borrowing a talent as it were, but that doesn’t…
Andrew Whalan
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The Lingering Look (of a Book Lover)
It’s no task at all. Simply take the books you don’t want and put them into the two spare boxes. But to succeed at this meant I had to be a zombie bricklayer. Pick up a book, one in each hand from the first pile. Then with closed eyes transfer to the outgoing book box. Then I…
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Writing Isn’t Safe
Last week I came across this article from the Wheeler Centre by Jessie Cole which talks about the self revelation of writing fiction. As an author, I’ve had that happen to me. I didn’t pay much attention to it until this afternoon. I’m writing about two characters. They’re not getting along so well. I’m trying unsuccessfully to…
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Shoals and Reefs : Self Publishing with Euan Mitchell
Literally I clicked the email link and found what I was looking for. A presentation by Euan Mitchell on self- publishing. But it seemed too late in the afternoon to make it. So I clicked again to book a place. Booked it. I arrive at St Michael’s Annexe in Melbourne just after 6 o’clock. Writers funnily enough…
Andrew Whalan
Andrew James Whalan 