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Pitch (More like a Friendship) Wars
Originally posted on Rebecca Chaney:
Hi all, So this week, after much umm’ing and ah’ing, I decided to submit my middle grade manuscript to Pitch Wars. For those unaware, Pitch Wars is a mentoring program where mentors select a writer and work with them over a three month period, offering…
The Real Godiva
Originally posted on The Road to Hastings and other Stories:
While researching Silk and the Sword: the Women of the Norman Conquest I came across some incredibly interesting characters. One of the most misunderstood women of the 11th century has to be Lady Godiva. Although she would have been known…
Lest we forget
The Wall of Remembrance at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, Australia, holds the names of over 100,000 Australian servicemen and women who lost their lives fighting in a war. Some were volunteers, some were conscripts – but all of them deserve to be remembered with honour and respect. […]
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How long should a chapter be?
I’ve blogged about this before but I’m in a quandary again so I think it’s worth a revisit. I’m massively editing Chapter One (currently called Wigginton, Tamworth, England – 1883). There are three distinct scenes in it. To keep them together, will have a chapter of between 6500 and 7000 […]
Bring on 2019
Yep. We’ve all done it. Made New Year’s resolutions, only to break them. This year, however, I’m determined not to do that. Here’s the thing: I really want to get more regular with my blog (one of last year’s resolutions that I broke) AND I want to get my novel […]
History and fiction
Originally posted on Kelly Gardiner:
Here’s the text of a speech I gave at a History Council of Victoria seminar on History and Fiction, 28 August 2018. Other speakers were Linda Weste and Ali Alizadeh, and the panel was chaired by Kathleen Neal. Here’s (roughly) what I said. What is…
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