Keep a diary and one day it’ll keep you
—Mae West
The club's next meet-up will be on Monday June 2 from 6pm at @arboryeatery. We’ll be joined by Sydney based @aliciathompsonauthor, who will be sharing insights about publishing — whether novels or articles — along with working with LGBTQIA+ publisher, NineStar Press. There’ll be wisdom, there’ll be tidbits, there’ll be inspo, there’ll be networking! #MELBWRITERSCLUB
Time to rug up now I'm down south! This will be my second workshop for Malvern Library, so it's nice to return to a familiar place and people. This time it will be Exercise Your Writing Muscles where we'll be doing activities to get that inspiration flowing and ideas down on the page.
Bookings are essential and the workshop will cost $10. See Stonnington Library's website for more details here
Wonderful to have Barbie Robinson interview me, not only for an author talk at Queanbeyan Library, but also a pre-recorded chat for Living Arts Canberra. You can listen to the podcast here.
Extend your writerly morning at Bathurst Library by attending two events. After my author talk where I will be talking about my crime novel Ex and the inspiration and process behind writing it, grab some lunch and come back to do some writing of your own. These exercises are calculated to get your own creative ideas sparking. Come along and give it a go! Bookings can be made here (and the 12.30 author talk can be booked here)
Autumn is the perfect time to take a trip over the mountains as the leaves will all be turning and the temperature will be perfect. I'll be at Bathurst Library talking about my new book Ex, and following the talk I'll be doing a creative writing workshop - come to both and make a day of it!
Bookings for the free talk can be made here And if you're interested in the workshop following this event, see the bookings page here
And here is the follow up to episode I of this conversation with Harry Colfer and Jack Roney on the Genre Fiction Podcast. This second instalment focuses on marketing strategies for authors and what is involved in trying to get your book into circulation and selling copies.
You can listen in here. Enjoy!
I'm looking forward to another author event at Elevenses Cafe, but this time I'm not in the hot seat. I'll be quizzing thriller writer Steve Shipley on his Blake Willis series and what makes him (and Steve!) tick.
Alicia has consulted from her company efolio since 2000. She is available for teaching and speaking engagements.