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Advice to writers: your first novel

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Glenda LarkeMarch 14, 2021
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Chuck it. That’s right – throw it away. The odds are ten to one (or worse) that it will ever be published. And yes, I do know that advice is going to hurt… I admire anyone who actually finishes a … Continue reading →

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On Being a Writer: Making the Dream Come True – Step One

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Glenda LarkeMarch 14, 2021
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I watched – with appalled fascination – some of the early trials for American Idol. It was eye-opening to see so many thousands of young people with impossible dreams: all wanted to be stars. There were so many of them … Continue reading →

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The Perfect Chapter

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Glenda LarkeMarch 14, 2021
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I have just read the perfect chapter, and that made me fall to thinking about what a perfect chapter should have. And here are my ideas: 1. It should advance the plot. 2. As a corollary to point 1, a … Continue reading →

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Words of Writerly Wisdom or the Discouragement of Dastardly Doomsayers

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Glenda LarkeMarch 14, 2021
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There was an interesting discussion recently (10th April) in the Purple Zone (nickname for the Australian Voyageronline Message Board), on whether published authors were mean – or wise – to tell unpublished writers horror tales about how hard it is to get … Continue reading →

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World building

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Glenda LarkeMarch 14, 2021
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I have to be off to the airport at 5am, so I really ought to be getting some sleep. Instead, Gillian over at gillpolack over at livejournal started me thinking about worldbuilding. She has thought more deeply about the way I do … Continue reading →

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Getting the language of the period and place right…

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Glenda LarkeMarch 14, 2021
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One of the toughest things about writing is getting the language right. I don’t mean style or the order of words – I mean the actual vocabulary. You work hard to draw your reader into your world, to have them … Continue reading →

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A first review…and why aren’t kangaroos invisible?

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Glenda LarkeMarch 14, 2021
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Lucy Sussex has written a very short review of Heart of the Mirage for The Age, a Melbourne newspaper, appearing yesterday (Sunday). I am tickled pink to be in The Age and to have a writer as talented as Lucy say nice … Continue reading →

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The “Ten things I hate to see in a book” meme…

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Glenda LarkeMarch 14, 2021
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1. A character who looks in a mirror (shop window or whatever) so that the author can then describe them. So done to death. 2. A dream sequence where the reader is misled into thinking it is real, only to have character … Continue reading →

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COINCIDENCE: in fact and in fiction

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Glenda LarkeMarch 14, 2021
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The plane was full from New York to Kuala Lumpur. The man sitting next to me was American. ‘Your first trip to Malaysia?’ I asked at some point, one of those casual questions you tend to ask of a fellow … Continue reading →

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What a Literary Agent can and should be

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Glenda LarkeMarch 14, 2021
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Years ago, when I was a hopeful, unpublished writer – and thought I was a great deal better than I actually was – I started to shop my work around. Rejections followed. And no matter how often you are told … Continue reading →

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