Editing: From First Page to Final Draft
On Saturday 4 July 2026, Write Links members met at the State Library of Queensland to take part in a workshop hosted by author/editor Liane McDermott and author/comma aficionado Annaleise Byrd. To begin the session, Liane described the many ways in
June 2026 meeting – How to Promote a Book
On Saturday 6 June, Write Links members were treated to an extravaganza of marketing-related tips, tricks and tidbits from our fellow Writelinkers Ali Rutstein, Alison McLennan, Kristen Willis and Di Taylor. They had been tasked with answering the question ‘How
Verse novels with Yvonne Mes
A blog post in verse by Annaleise Byrd A bashing crashing thrashing S T O R M means we are meeting on Zoom today. Yvonne talks us through what a verse novel is and how it works and why it’s more than just chopped up prose. Euphony, cacophony, consonance,
Improv with Annaleise Byrd
On Saturday 6th of September, WriteLinkers gathered at the State Library of Queensland to take part in a creative, playful and entertaining professional development session with one of our favourite authors. ‘Improv with Annaleise Byrd’. As a nice gear-change after another
