by Virginia Lloyd | May 9, 2012 | Blog, Memoir
I was honoured and delighted to learn that my memoir The Young Widow’s Book of Home Improvement is now the subject of a long article in academic journal TEXT. Senior Lecturer Bernadette Brennan, of the University of Sydney’s English Department, has just...
by Virginia Lloyd | May 5, 2012 | Blog, Client book news and links
In this video, Fiona Higgins, author of The Mothers’ Group, discusses how she wrote her first novel with journalist Ellen Fanning. The conversation took place at Fiona’s book launch at Berkelouw Books in Paddington, Sydney. The novel is getting great word...
by Virginia Lloyd | Apr 27, 2012 | Blog, Improve your writing, Memoir
For those readers who don’t use Twitter or who didn’t catch these links the first time I tweeted them, I’ve decided to post a select time-sucking round-up of my most-retweeted links from the past month. Topics will always be some combination of...
by Virginia Lloyd | Apr 2, 2012 | Blog, Grants for writers
Have you heard about the Creative Industries Career Fund, which provides up to $5,000 for career-enhancing activities for Australian creators? This excellent initiative is part of Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund. Each year, Copyright Agency (CAL, the L is for...
by Virginia Lloyd | Mar 25, 2012 | Blog, Client book news and links, Publishing
It’s often said that writing a book is like giving birth. While I have done one but not the other, I can confidently say that one major difference between the two experiences is that the gestation period of the latter is more or less reliably nine months. I...