The Creative Life Podcast Episode Eleven I thought this would be a good time to talk about writing bucket lists because running a crowdfunding project has been one of the items on my own writing bucket lists. Now, my fondness for bucket lists, or Living List, as I’ve called my own, has been touched upon a…
The Creative Life Podcast Episode Ten This week’s guest is Penni Russon. She is author of The Undine Trilogy, The Indigo Girls, Little Bird and other titles including Only Ever Always, which was a winner of the West Australian Premier’s Book Award and NSW Premier’s Literary Awards. She is currently undertaking a PhD and also blogs…
The Creative Life Podcast Episode Nine This episode is the sequel to last week, episode eight, which talked about what has changed in blogging. And if you are listening to this episode on the day of release, August 18th 2016, it is 10 years to the day since I created a Blogspot account and dashed off a quick…
The Creative Life Podcast Episode Eight August is a HUGE month – it’s the 10-year anniversary of my blogging! This week’s podcast is the first on this theme and I talk about what has changed in blogging over the years. I took it as a chance to reminisce and celebrate. Those bloggers who have been around…
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…
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…
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…