Day: April 10, 2015

Fiction writing
Valerie Khoo

How to ask your questions directly to a publisher (and get an answer!)

Ever wanted to ask questions directly to a publisher? Hachette Australia’s “Ask the publisher” initiative will give you the chance to do just that. It will take place each Friday between 3pm-4pm (Sydney time) on Twitter. Just tweet @HachetteAus and include the hashtag #askHAU. Then one of Hachette’s publishers will chat

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Freelance and copywriting
Australian Writers’ Centre Team

Bernadette Schwerdt on copywriting

So you want to be a copywriter? You’ve heard that this is one of the most lucrative options you can have as a writer. But what does it really entail – and do you have what it takes to be successful? Our weekly top-rating podcast So you want to be

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