Archive for the 'Writers' Category

I came across an excellent article recently and thought I’d better share it with my readers. It seems that many writers are also walkers. They use taking a walk as an essential part of the writing process. I’ve been advocating this from time to time on this site, especially in those times when you seem [...]

I subscribe to a number of newsletters about writing via email. I don’t always get to read every one of them, but I try to at least glance through most of them. Some are better than others, of course. I’ve just read one that comes from a writer who lives here in South Australia. His [...]

A recently over heard conversation went as follows: “I am writing a book. I’ve made a great start: I’ve numbered all the pages.” Consider the following: Countless people say they are going to write a book. Only a few ever begin the actual writing. If you have started writing a book you are in rare [...]

A few weeks ago I finished reading the novel for teenagers called Treasure Hunters written by Australian author Allan Baillie. What an entertaining read it proved to be. I’d read some of Allan’s books before but I forget which ones. On checking his website I found out how truly prolific his writing career has been. [...]

Book review: Nights in the asylum by Carol Lefevre It was suggested by my supervising lecturer that I read this novel. Last week we had the author as the guest speaker at our regular fortnightly seminar. These are usually critiquing sessions where we try to help each other with the novels we are each writing [...]