The Creative Life Podcast Episode Seven This is a topic that not many writers like experiencing, but almost all of us do: rejection. It’s not particularly nice to dwell on and I’m still figuring it out, but in this episode I share how I handle it (and explain the below picture). Subjects Discussed Karen’s first major…
The Creative Life Podcast Episode Six My guest is Lisa Dempster. Lisa is Festival Director/CEO of the Melbourne Writers Festival and was previously the Director/CEO of the Emerging Writers’ Festival. Lisa has been a literary figure for many years as a professional writer, editor and former publisher of Vignette Press. Lisa has travelled widely in…
My last preparatory run for Run Melbourne was eight days before the event. Perfect to be outside. I even Instagrammed it. But after less than two kilometres, I was in trouble. The lower half of my left leg was sore and cramping. I tried to press on for another couple hundred metres, thinking…
The Creative Life Podcast: Episode Five 6 Pieces of Advice for Beginner Writers “The artist is always beginning. Any work of art which is not a beginning, an invention, a discovery is of little worth.” ― Ezra Pound Starting can be hard; starting again can be equally as hard! Take a listen to learn my tips…
Another month, more books. Not with the easiest subject matter this time around, as you’ll see! Let’s discuss. Before I did a little background reading, I believed I’d heard about Still Alice by Lisa Genova when it was first released. But I don’t think that’s the case – otherwise, I’m sure I would’ve remembered its extraordinary success…
The Creative Life Podcast: Episode Four My guest is Lee Kofman, an Israeli-Australian author of the memoir The Dangerous Bride and of three fiction books. Her short stories, creative non-fiction and poems have been widely published in Australia and across the world. Lee has been mentoring writers and teaching writing classes for over ten years…
The Creative Life Podcast: Episode Three My guest on the podcast is Craig Hildebrand-Burke. Craig teaches English, Literature and Creative Writing to secondary students and is a writer whose fiction has appeared in several publications, and his writing on books, film and television regularly turn up in various parts of the internet. He also co-hosts the…
The Creative Life Podcast: Episode Two My guest on the podcast is Angela Meyer. She is the author of Captives, a book of flash fiction published by Inkerman & Blunt, and her writing has appeared in many, many publications through the country, including Best Australian Stories. In 2014 she graduated from a Doctor of Creative…
The Creative Life Podcast: Episode One I’m very excited to officially launch The Creative Life podcast! I’ve been working behind-the-scenes on this for quite a while. That was my first lesson learned: podcasting is very involved! (At least it is the way I want to do it.) Welcome to this new part of my…
