My Path to Publishing; Wannabe Author Turns ‘Pro’

For years I worked on my book, scratching away in the back room of my house like a mad hermit, telling no-one, battling the sweet little voices that kept telling me I was fantasising to think I could be a writer. But the words kept flowing and after thousands of hours of crafting, with much … Read more

Kurt Vonnegut on How to Make Your Soul Grow

Shaun Usher’s book ‘More Letters of Note’ is a compilation of correspondence from and between famous people. This is one such extract from author Kurt Vonnegut to a high-school class that he was to visit at age 84, but couldn’t make. ” I don’t make public appearances any more because I now resemble an Iguana … Read more

Somerset Celebration of Literature – An Author Insider

CIMG1325I had always dreamed of being backstage in the ‘green room’. Mingling with other ‘stars,’ I could indulge in outrageous demands such as having coconut water shipped in from a remote island or insisting that I receive a foot massage every thirty minutes.
To achieve that fantasy I probably shouldn’t have been presenting at a school-run book festival. But the green room at the Gold Coast’s Somerset Celebration of Literature remained a highlight.

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