Liz Porter is a true crime writer, novelist and freelance journalist. She writes about ‘the real CSI’, and is renowned for her use of forensic science in books such as Written on the Skin and Cold Case Files. Liz Porter explains that in true crime it’s vital to focus on
In Episode 133 of So you want to be a writer: 10 tools you can use to jumpstart your NaNoWriMo novel and draw your own maps with cartography software for fantasy writers. Learn how to tame your emails! Astound your friends by casually dropping “syzygy” into conversations about the upcoming supermoon.
Inamorata (Noun) [in-amuh’rahtuh] “It is a fancy way of saying ‘a woman with whom you are in love’ or ‘the woman you love’. So you might say: ‘His inamorata is Maria, a 30-year-old school teacher from Brisbane’. It’s the feminine of ‘inamorato’, which, unsurprisingly, is a person’s male lover.” To hear
Sonya Voumard is an Australian journalist who has written a novel Political Animals and a non-fiction book The Media and the Massacre, an account of the incidents related to the horrific Port Arthur massacre in Tasmania. Sonya talks about writing her book The Media and the Massacre which depicts the
David Rollins is an action-thriller author based in Sydney. After a career in advertising, he made the switch to writing and has since produced thrillers such as his Vin Cooper series, which included Standoff, War Lord and Ghost Watch. When David writes, he keeps to a strict schedule to balance
Each week here at the Australian Writers’ Centre, we dissect and discuss, contort and retort, ask and gasp at the English language and all its rules, regulations and ridiculousness. It’s a celebration of language, masquerading as a passive-aggressive whinge about words and weirdness. This week, we want the final word on
In Episode 132 of So you want to be a writer: Amazon has changed its review policy and what you need to know. Should you review other authors’ books? Grammar mistakes to avoid, and how to be creative every day. Discover how you could win a Surface Pro 4! Plus, meet Duncan
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