
Our fourth podcast is all about writing, from the perspective of a veteran publisher and a longtime writer.
We cover:
- Quick chat about what we’ve been up to in our daily writing and publishing work.
- The prequel to writing is reading great books, and learning from them.
- Deciding what to write, asking yourself what you love to read.
- Finding out what is popular and what might sell, the joys of loitering in bookshops.
- The importance of understanding genres in fiction especially. Know your genre!
- Literary fiction versus genre fiction and the blurred edges.
- Writing is a craft and can be taught and learned.
- Seana lists some of the courses done in creative non-fiction.
- Discussion about creative writing post-grad courses and PhDs.
- Writing tips: getting started and keeping going.
- Writing first draft is one thing but the editing often takes far longer.
- The importance of the opening lines.
Links for this week’s podcast:
Australian Society of Authors: www.asauthors.org
Curtis Brown Creative: www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk
Australian Writers’ Centre: www.writerscentre.com.au
NSW Writers’ Centre (now Writing NSW): www.writingnsw.org.au
Jericho Writers: www.jerichowriters.com
London Writers’ Salon: www.londonwriterssalon.com
Kathryn Heyman Writer Mentors: www.writermentors.com
Open University: www.open.edu.au/
Lee Kofman’s book “The Writer Laid Bare”: www.leekofman.com.au
Scrivener Writing Software: www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview
Ashley Kalagian Blunt: www.ashleykalagianblunt.com
Varuna, The National Writers’ House: www.varuna.com.au
Peter Corris: https://www.bookseriesinorder.com/peter-corris/
Gary Disher: www.garydisher.com
Shadows of Winter Robins Louise Wolhuter, Ultimo Press: www.ultimopress.com
“The Pull of the Stars” Emma Donoghue: www.emmadonoghue.com/books/the-pull-of-the-stars
Jane Curry Links
- Jane Curry Advisory: www.janecurryadvisory.com
- Ventura Press: www.venturapress.com.au
- www.instagram.com/venturapress__
- www.instagram.com/janecurry1
Seana Smith Links
- Seana Smith website: www.seanasmith.com
- Sober Journeys website: wwwsoberjourneys.com
- www.instagram.com/seanasmith
- www.instagram.com/sober_journeys
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/whatdidyoureadtoday/
Buy Going Under
In Australia: Going Under is available in bookshops and online stores in Australia and on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com.au/Going-Under-memoir-secrets-addiction/dp/0645497231/
In the USA: https://www.amazon.com/Going-Under-memoir-secrets-addiction/dp/0645497231/
In the UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Going-Under-memoir-secrets-addiction/dp/0645497231/
Going Under Audiobook: Going Under on Audible, narrated by Seana Smith, click here.
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