Day: July 21, 2015

Podcast: So You Want to be a Writer
Australian Writers’ Centre Team

Writing Podcast Episode 70 We talk to brother-and-sister author duo Nicholas and Alison Lochel from the Zarkora series

In Episode 70 of So you want to be a writer: The hotly debated “Go Set a Watchman” by Harper Lee, the exciting life of the original Nancy Drew author, cool new Lego visual storytelling app, a 15 minute writing productivity hack, the difference between comprises and consists, Writers in Residence brother-and-sister

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