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"I got published!": Evelyn Lewin
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Ep 35 Meet Favel Parrett, author of ‘When the Night Comes’
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Student Success Stories: Competitions, book deals and more!
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"I got published!": Carla Francis
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Q&A: Some people are so possessive
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Lisa Venables: Memoir unearths a love of writing
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Ask Valerie: 4 things authors can do to promote their book
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"I got published!": Laksmhi Singh
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7 questions with Deadly Obsession author Karen M Davis
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The Night Guest author on awards, agents and advice
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10 reasons why editors don’t reply to your pitch.
As an editor and journalist, I’ve experienced life on both sides of the fence. When you’re a magazine editor, you are the one who holds all the power about which stories gets published. It’s your job to get the right combination of stories and stay within budget. However, when you’re
Q&A: "When should I use a hyphen in my adverbs and adjectives?"
This week, we examine when it’s okay to hyphenate adverbs and adjectives and when it’s not… Q: Hey there, I wrote something but I have a friend who thinks it’s wrong. A: Oh, you have a “friend” who thinks it’s wrong, do you? <wink> Q: What are you doing? A:
"I got published!": Evelyn Lewin
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Why your book is a business card on steroids
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Author Deborah Rodriguez on what she keeps in the closet
Recently we locked Deborah Rodriguez, author of The House on Carnaval Street, in a padded room and yelled questions at her through an intercom. Okay, some of that isn’t true, but the author and question bit are. And most of her adventures are usually crazier than that anyway. Here’s how
Q&A: 2, 4 ,6, 8! What’s the right way to write numbers?
They sit right there above the letters on the keyboard, but how do we go with using them? This week we examine numbers… Q: Hi there Australian Writers’ Centre, can I ask a question? A: Well, that capital Q in front of everything you say suggests that you can. What’s
Ep 35 Meet Favel Parrett, author of ‘When the Night Comes’
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Student Success Stories: Competitions, book deals and more!
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This blogger got a book deal and you could too
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"I got published!": Linda Anderson
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Thuy Yau: Finding new confidence through freelance writing
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Heather Smith: Specialising brings writing rewards
When Heather Smith graduated from the Australian Writers Centre’s online course in Magazine and Newspaper Writing in 2010, little did she realise that she would become one of our most published graduates. She is now an author of six books and has been on the business bestseller list for several weeks.
"I got published!": Carla Francis
We love hearing from our students no matter what they have to say, but when we hear of a student being published, we just want to shout it from the rooftops! We’re a little scared of heights, so we’ll go with a blog post instead. Carla says: Hi Everyone! I
Q&A: Some people are so possessive
Each week, we take a look at a common confusions and ambiguities in the English language (that gives us about a century’s worth of material!) – making things easier through the power of friendly conversation… Q: Hi there, I have a question about possession. A: What kind of possession? We
Lisa Venables: Memoir unearths a love of writing
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Jennifer Smart: “Write what you know” yields debut novel
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George Clooney got married and we’re feeling rather possessive…
So, recently on the Q&A segment of our weekly newsletter, we were discussing possessives with proper nouns (names), and one example was compound possessives. When two (or more) people ‘own’ the same thing, and they are named, we only need to indicate possession on the final one: “I was invited
Ask Valerie: 4 things authors can do to promote their book
Question: I’ve written a book, but how do I get more people to read it? Answer: First, congratulations on writing a book! Some would say that the difficult part is over, but if you want to share your creation with as many readers as possible, the work has just begun.
"I got published!": Laksmhi Singh
We spotted Laksmhi in Sunday Life recently! Thrilled to see @writerscentreau grad Laksmhi Singh’s article in Sunday Life this week! A photo posted by Valerie Khoo (@valeriekhoo) on Oct 13, 2014 at 6:30pm PDT Congratulations Laksmhi! If you have a success story to share with us, you can do so right here. We’ll
"I got published!": Fleur Ferris
We love hearing from our students no matter what they have to say, but when we hear of a student being published, we just want to shout it from the rooftops! We’re a little scared of heights, so we’ll go with a blog post instead. Fleur says: When I was
Ep 34 Meet Rebecca James, author of ‘Beautiful Malice’
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Winner of the Best Australian Blogs Competition – 6 months later!
Next week, blogger Christina Soong will be heading off to Turkey and Abu Dhabi for the trip of a lifetime. Christina was the winner of the Australian Writers’ Centre’s Best Australian Blogs Competition for 2014. And thanks to our competition sponsors at Trafalgar, Christina’s prize included an amazing trip to
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