Writing a Short Story Competition Entry – A Judge’s Perspective
Write Links’ first Professional Development session for 2020 got off to a sizzling start and was kept short and sweet, keeping with the stamina of the short story. Mia Macrossan shared sensational take home tips for writing the short story
The Inner World of Characters, with Karen Foxlee by Zewlan Moor
Karen Foxlee was a humble presenter at the WriteLinks Middle Grade Workshop on 2 March 2019. This was despite just receiving notification that her latest book, Lenny’s Book of Everything, had been nominated as a Notable Book in the 2019
Story Sparkers created by Yvonne Mes
We had a fun session playing with Story Sparkers created by Yvonne Mes. Yvonne was inspired by Rory's Story Cubes and decided to make some especially designed for writing for children. You can read Yvonne's blog about her Story Sparkers
Write Links’ Mini Fest is A GO!
Book your TICKETS HERE: Join award winning and multi-published children's and YA authors and illustrators Peter Carnavas, Isobelle Carmody and Dave Lowe for a day of master classes on Saturday the 11th of August at the State Library
Writing Humour with Dave Lowe
Article by Melissa Salisbury The Write Links’ professional development session for April was on writing humour and was more than ably presented by Dave Lowe. The online meeting format did nothing to take away from Dave’s sense of humour, which is
Barbara Sheehy shares her Magabala Scholarship experience
Write Links acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands on which we work and live, and recognise their continuous connection to land, water and community. We pay our respects to their elders past, present and emerging leaders. We pay respects to all
Self-Care Through Healthy Goal Setting by Ali Stegert
Reblogged from https://ali-stegert.com/2019/01/09/a-writers-self-care-part-2/ Not all goals are good goals; some can be downright unhealthy. Of course, most writers want to sign with a world-class agent, experience a bidding war over their manuscript, sell out their first print run, hit the best seller’s
July 24th, 2018 find a good home for your old books
At 11 going on 12, my son is moving rapidly through genre. He has left early readers and chapter books in the dust and taken an enthusiastic leap from middle grade to early YA. He won’t be looking back.So our
Secrets of a Successful Illustrator Workshop with Caroline Magerl by Kate Shapcott
How does the interaction between pictures and words work to create something special in a picture book? Carolyn generously shared the process that she used as an author/illustrator when creating her latest book Maya and Cat. Caroline loves individuality in a
Write Links Celebrates
Write Links celebrated 2019 at our December meeting. Brisbane writers and illustrators reflected on everything they achieved this year. We celebrated books launched, contracts signed and manuscripts submitted. Most importantly, we celebrated how we all showed up and had a
