Information, inspiration and insights into the writing life.
Are you hoping to find a publisher for your manuscript? Or considering self-publishing? An editor can help you improve your writing and get it ready for submission or publication. A good editor is like a great coach – they will inform, encourage and inspire you to make your writing the best it can be.
Editors? Who Needs Them? Read More »
If I had a dollar for every person who has approached us saying, ‘So, I have this really great blog that gets up to X amount of hits per day and now I want a book deal,’ I’d be a rich woman. It’s the new big thing – EVERYONE has a blog and now EVERYONE
Jax-Jacki Brown is a feminist, disability and queer rights activist, as well as a freelance writer, spoken-word performer and workshop presenter. In the lead-up to hosting the Writeability Salon at the Emerging Writers Festival, she gave Sharona Lin an insight into writing, disability and ‘Untold Stories of Pride’. You’re a feminist, disability and queer rights
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‘Social media does not constitute a marketing plan.’ – Judith Curr, President and Publisher of the Atria Publishing Group. Many Australian publishers now have a direct-to-digital imprint, whether for genre fiction, such as the romance imprints: Escape (Harlequin), Destiny (Penguin Random House), or HarperImpulse (HarperCollins). Other companies such as Momentum (Pan Macmillan) and Xoum publish
Ask an ALAA Agent: Tips and Tricks for Marketing and Promoting Your Digital Debut Read More »
At last night’s Annual General Meeting, author and advocate Arnold Zable was awarded honorary membership to Writers Victoria. He responds… “I am pleased to receive this honorary membership from an organisation that has done such great work for writers and readers over the years. Writers Victoria has played a great role in creating a literary
Some geniuses write alone. Without a single word of encouragement or criticism, these annoyingly self-motivated authors emerge with a fully formed masterpiece ready for publication. For the rest of us, being part of a community of other writers helps us polish our work and find new publishing opportunities – not to mention helping us maintain
Golden Rules for Writing Groups Read More »
Advice for new writers of novels:
Ask an ALAA Agent – Is Your Manuscript Ready? Read More »
Eight Australian writers have been shortlisted for the 2015 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship $10,000 award. In its fourth year, the Fellowship once again received a strong field of high-quality proposals from emerging and established writers across Australia. “It is very exciting to see the diverse range of both subjects and literary approaches to biographical writing
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Welcome to the Writers Victoria website. Click on the video below for an introduction in Auslan. Find out more about our Write-ability program for writers with disability. This video was produced by Sign Language Video Productions thanks to the support of Arts Access Australia.
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