Day: December 12, 2022

Alumni/Student success stories
Australian Writers’ Centre Team

How Gabriella Margo became a published romance writer

“I have always been a big reader, and I thought it might be interesting to learn some new skills. I didn’t really intend to do anything with them, but that’s not how things panned out!” Gabriella told us.

Her latest romance novel All’s Fair in Love and Tequila is set to be released by Harlequin/HarperCollins in December, while her previous manuscript Tulips from Mal was a finalist in the Romance Writers of Australia Emerald Award and is available now independently.

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Cover artwork of Karly Lane’s ‘Wish You Were Here’ with the words Win This Book beside it
Competitions and Opportunities
Australian Writers’ Centre Team

COMP CLOSED: ‘Wish You Were Here’ by Karly Lane

As we get closer to Christmas, there are a lot of people we wish were near to us. And the title of this week’s giveaway book captures that perfectly – Wish You Were Here by bestselling rural romance author (she’s sold more than half a million books!) Karly Lane. Here’s

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

Copywriting Podcast Episode 047: How to write an email welcome sequence

Email is not dead, never was, never will be. In this podcast you’ll learn how to prepare a welcome sequence so that you can kick start your email automations, communicate easily with prospects and turn casual visitors into paying customers. We also take a look at the ultimate checklist of

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