Podcast: So You Want to be a Writer

In this minisode of So you want to be a writer: How to prepare for author talks; and meet 2017 Finch Memoir Prize winner Anne Tonner, author of Cold Vein. Got a question for Val and Al? Ask at podcast [at] writerscentre [dot] com [dot] au Click play below to listen

In Episode 180 of So you want to be a writer: 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

In this minisode of So you want to be a writer: do publishers like rhyming picture books? How to break into the industry and techniques to edit and revise without going through hell. Got a question for Val and Al? Ask at podcast [at] writerscentre [dot] com [dot] au Click play

In Episode 178 of So you want to be a writer: 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

In this minisode of So you want to be a writer: how to self-publish, author branding when you write for multiple genres, are you writing “new adult” fiction? Got a question for Val and Al? Ask at podcast [at] writerscentre [dot] com [dot] au Click play below to listen to the podcast.

In Episode 176 of So you want to be a writer: 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:

In this minisode of So you want to be a writer: What kind of blogging routine do you need as a writer? And meet 2017 Vogel award winner Marija Pericic, author of The Lost Pages. Got a question for Val and Al? Ask at podcast [at] writerscentre [dot] com [dot] au Click

In Episode 174 of So you want to be a writer: Make sure you know the 3 different types of editing you need. Discover how to create “scene goals” in your writing. We’re a bit gobsmacked by a plagiarised paper about plagiarism! Meet Jenevieve Chang, author of the memoir The Good

In this minisode of So you want to be a writer: How to improve your writing. And meet Anne Trubek, author of The History and Uncertain Future of Handwriting. And where does the term “John Hancock” come from? Got a question for Val and Al? Ask at podcast [at] writerscentre [dot]

In Episode 172 of So you want to be a writer: Are you a writer or an author? We review Amazon’s Whispersync for Voice! Some unexpected writing tools (which do you use?). You could win a copy of Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough! Plus: meet Anna Daniels, author of Girl

In this minisode of So you want to be a writer: Do young adult books needs to be set in the present day in order to be marketable? What’s the most efficient way of receiving international payments? Got a question for Val and Al? Ask at podcast [at] writerscentre [dot] com [dot]

In Episode 170 of So you want to be a writer: Who gets to write a Star Wars book? Learn why author Paula Hawkins transitioned from writing romance books to thriller novels. Discover 6 unusual habits of creative people. Meet archaeologist turned author Brenna Hassett, learn what an author platform looks

In Episode 169 of So you want to be a writer: It’s the 50th anniversary of “The Outsiders”! You can rent Emily Dickinson’s room by the hour to pen your next masterpiece. Discover how to write a good synopsis and your chance to win a double pass to the film “Whiteley”.

In this minisode of So you want to be a writer: We chat to the incredibly prolific and talented Pamela Hart, author of A Letter to Italy. Got a question for Val and Al? Ask at podcast [at] writerscentre [dot] com [dot] au Click play below to listen to the podcast.

In Episode 167 of So you want to be a writer: Do you love the smell of old books? What you need to know about your narrator and how to work with beta readers. Win our Mother’s Day book pack! We chat to Australian Idol judge turned barrister Mark Holden on

In Episode 166 of So you want to be a writer: How to get over your wall of self-doubt and discover the art of writing murder mystery characters. Take virtual literary tours of New York! Do you want the chance to win a Mother’s Day book pack with 7 books? Plus:

In this minisode of So you want to be a writer: How do you layer more detail into your novel? And how to avoid bright shiny object syndrome when you’re writing. Got a question for Val and Al? Ask at podcast [at] writerscentre [dot] com [dot] au Click play below to

In Episode 164 of So you want to be a writer: How to write an award-winning screenplay on your commute; the 6 documents you need open when you write; how to edit your story. And meet beauty writer and author of Secrets of a Beauty Queen Stephanie Darling Click play

In Episode 163 of So you want to be a writer: Discover new opportunities in content and custom publishing. Learn why writing is rewriting and what makes you a real writer. Meet Samone Bos, who evolved her popular blog into the book Momo Freaks Out. We have 3 copies of A.L.

In this minisode of So you want to be a writer: What genre am I writing in? And meet Bridget Isichei, author of Road No Good and runner-up in the Finch Memoir Prize. Got a question for Val and Al? Ask at podcast [at] writerscentre [dot] com [dot] au Click play