So You Want to be a Writer

Can you indie publish a professionally edited manuscript? What’s the difference between a structural edit, copy edit and proofread? Plus: with multiple submissions, should you mention in your pitch to a publisher that you’re submitting to other publishers? Read the show notes .  Connect with Valerie, Allison and listeners in the podcast community on Facebook Visit WritersCentre.co...

Useful writing tips from a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and how to balance freelancing with creative writing. Freelance writing skills you can use to write your novel and Google’s most-searched “how-to” questions capture all the magic and struggle of being human. What writing for children can teach you about writing fiction. Discover how you could win signed copies of...

Is my memoir interesting enough? How to give feedback on horror when you don’t read it. Which laptop should I buy? Read the show notes .  Connect with Valerie, Allison and listeners in the podcast community on Facebook Visit WritersCentre.com.au | AllisonTait.com | ValerieKhoo.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Take part in our awesome ‘So you want to be a writer’ community survey. The curious case of whether someone scammed a book’s way onto The New York Times Bestseller List. Plus: how to find time to write and cool character development exercises to help you nail your characters. Our writer in residence this week is Garry Disher, author of ‘Her’. Read the show notes .&nbs...

Do you need a travel blog to be a travel writer and tips on converting typewritten pages into Word documents. Plus: should you mention to publishers when you're submitting that you have other manuscripts underway? Read the show notes .  Connect with Valerie, Allison and listeners in the podcast community on Facebook Visit WritersCentre.com.au | AllisonTait.com | ValerieKhoo.com See omnystudio...

Discover lawyers who moonlight as romance writers. The intriguing case of a crime writer arrested for alleged murder, plus short story writing tips from Cathie Tasker. And meet Sophie Green, author of “The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book Club”. Read the show notes .  Connect with Valerie, Allison and listeners in the podcast community on Facebook Visit WritersCentre....

How to use subplots to bring your story together and commuters can enjoy stories from short story vending machines. Plus, how NOT to bury your lede. Meet Catherine Jinks, author of ‘Charlatan: The Dishonest Life and Dishonoured Loves of Thomas Guthrie Carr, Stage Mesmerist’, and more! Read the show notes .  Connect with Valerie, Allison and listeners in the podcast community on Fa...

Can you submit your manuscript to multiple publishers as the same time? Tips on how to drag yourself out of a rut when it feels like your novel is going nowhere. Plus: a new Facebook group for the So you want to be a writer community. Read the show notes .  Connect with Valerie, Allison and listeners in the podcast community on Facebook Visit WritersCentre.com.au | AllisonTait.com | ValerieKh...

The freelancing life and mental health. Writing movie ‘tie-in’ books as a path to publication. Creating a CV for your protagonist and tips on how to be prolific. Introducing a brand new Facebook group. Why you should make it easy for the media to find your book. Plus: Patti Miller on her new book ‘Writing True Stories’. Read the show notes .  Connect with Valerie, Alli...

Meet Tamsin Janu who talks about her third novel ‘Blossom’ and how she has a flourishing career as an author working on it one day a week. Read the show notes .  Connect with Valerie, Allison and listeners in the podcast community on Facebook Visit WritersCentre.com.au | AllisonTait.com | ValerieKhoo.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Walkley mid-year award winners have been announced, Keanu Reeves co-founds indie poetry press, and narrative arcs explained. Valerie gives her tips for writing across multiple devices. And meet author Louise Park, who writes under three pseudonyms. Read the show notes .  Connect with Valerie, Allison and listeners in the podcast community on Facebook Visit WritersCentre.com.au | AllisonTait.c...

Is Wattpad useful? Should you send interviewees your article to approve? Read the show notes .  Connect with Valerie, Allison and listeners in the podcast community on Facebook Visit WritersCentre.com.au | AllisonTait.com | ValerieKhoo.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Discover how you could win $20,000 for writing 100 words, plus the story of how Stephen King’s pen name was revealed. What your website should include as a freelance writer. Your chance to win a t-shirt with the words from your favourite book. And meet Matthew Benns, author of “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels”. Read the show notes .  Connect with Valerie, Allison and listeners in th...

Do you need to experience what your character goes through? There are two types of writers - which one are you? Wow your friends and dinner guests with your use of the word “callipygian”. Also, hear Natasha Lester talk about her new book “Her Mother’s Secret”. Read the show notes .  Connect with Valerie, Allison and listeners in the podcast community on Facebook...

Have you started your book in the right place? And meet picture book author and AWC alumni Shelly Unwin. Read the show notes .  Connect with Valerie, Allison and listeners in the podcast community on Facebook Visit WritersCentre.com.au | AllisonTait.com | ValerieKhoo.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Congratulations to both Anne Tonner and Shankari Chandran! Should you keep a reading journal? How to launch your blog with your book in mind. How to write a kick-ass Amazon bio. 10x double passes to ‘Paris Can Wait’ up for grabs! Meet Nicole Alexander, author of ‘An Uncommon Woman’, and more! Read the show notes .  Connect with Valerie, Allison and listeners in the pod...

Meet Andrew Marmont, author of 'Their Finest Hour' and find out about how he turned his sporting passion into a book. Read the show notes .  Connect with Valerie, Allison and listeners in the podcast community on Facebook Visit WritersCentre.com.au | AllisonTait.com | ValerieKhoo.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Learn how to use a plotting chart in your redrafting process and why this teenager won’t read Young Adult novels. Discover how the ‘Creative Gap’ frustrates writers. Your chance to enter a short story competition and Harry Potter books up for grabs. Plus: meet Hardie Grant Egmont publisher Marisa Pintado, authors you should be following on Twitter and more! Read the show notes .&...

How to prepare for author talks; and meet 2017 Finch Memoir Prize winner Anne Tonner, author of Cold Vein. Read the show notes .  Connect with Valerie, Allison and listeners in the podcast community on Facebook Visit WritersCentre.com.au | AllisonTait.com | ValerieKhoo.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How to choose and set up a pen name. Should you talk about your book before it’s published? Discover how you could win a copy of ‘Only: A Singular Memoir’ by Caroline Baum and find out how AWC alumna Cat Rodie writes an article a day. Plus: meet Ben Hobson, author of ‘To Become a Whale’. Read the show notes .  Connect with Valerie, Allison and listeners in the po...

Do publishers like rhyming picture books? How to break into the industry and techniques to edit and revise without going through hell. Read the show notes .  Connect with Valerie, Allison and listeners in the podcast community on Facebook Visit WritersCentre.com.au | AllisonTait.com | ValerieKhoo.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Valerie launches Shelly Unwin's book! Discover how to get annotated books from your fave authors and how to get back into writing after a long break. Plus: the changing expectations of emerging writers. And we chat to Emily Gale, author of 'The Other Side of Summer'. Read the show notes .  Connect with Valerie, Allison and listeners in the podcast community on Facebook Visit WritersCentre.com...

How to self-publish, author branding when you write for multiple genres, are you writing “new adult” fiction? Read the show notes .  Connect with Valerie, Allison and listeners in the podcast community on Facebook Visit WritersCentre.com.au | AllisonTait.com | ValerieKhoo.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How an author wrote a novel via email and what to do when your story stalls. Discover how to get into corporate writing. Meet the spectacularly successful Lauren Child, author of the ‘Charlie and Lola’ and ‘Ruby Redfort’ series! Plus: your chance to WIN all 6 books in the Ruby Redfort series! Read the show notes .  Connect with Valerie, Allison and listeners in the pod...

What kind of blogging routine do you need as a writer? And meet 2017 Vogel award winner Marija Pericic, author of The Lost Pages. Read the show notes .  Connect with Valerie, Allison and listeners in the podcast community on Facebook Visit WritersCentre.com.au | AllisonTait.com | ValerieKhoo.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.