It’s easy to think that most published authors are overnight successes-but more often than not, writers have worked long and hard to achieve publication. Agatha Christie, for example, was rejected for five long years before she was published-and now she’s a household name! So for those looking for some inspiration to keep the faith in their writing, I have the …
I’ve recently gone through the process of setting up a new website, and in contrast to the dream run I had using Wix, this time around, I had a shocking time outsourcing the creating of a WordPress site. It’s something I don’t want to see anyone else go through, so here are my top lessons learned: Lesson 1: Register your …
Rejection is part of the writing life and life more broadly, but it’s made far easier when you realise you are in good company! To help in those moments when you’re feeling a bit ‘meh’, I bring you the ‘Famous rejection’ posts. Famous rejection #1: Elvis Presley. Rejected by a local groups, and asked where he fit-he didn’t. Its a …
What does a duck have to do with my latest story, The Go-Between? The tale of The Ugly Duckling is one most of us are familiar with, in a general sense. The little duck in the story is treated poorly because he’s different, told to become this, that or the other to fit in, until he turns into a swan, …
The Go-Between starts off in a typical workplace. And with that in mind, I wanted to explore a typical workplace issue-the office fridge clean out. The office fridge clean out may seem like a simple act of office hygiene. Little do the unsuspecting realise that it is a fraught political minefield. Put a note on the fridge and say you’re …
Despite the excitement of election day here in Australia yesterday, Blaise Lee, the heroine of I Don’t Date in December has dropped by to talk about the book ahead of it’s release on 5 July. Over to you, Blaise! Thanks Darcy, always happy to chat about myself! Ha ha. Its recently been shown that people’s attention spans are shorter than …