by Virginia Lloyd | Feb 14, 2012 | Blog, Grants for writers, Publishing
If you’re an Australian nonprofit supporting creative artists, your project may be eligible for a grant from CAL’s Cultural Fund. Read on to find out. If so, you’ve got less than ten days to get your application in. What is Copyright Agency?...
by Virginia Lloyd | Oct 10, 2010 | Blog, Improve your writing, Young Widow's Book of Home Improvement
Following my Memoir Editing workshop at the 2010 Byron Bay Writers Festival in August, I was asked to write an article about the process of writing memoir for the magazine writestuff. For those of you attempting to write a memoir, or for someone you think might be...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jul 19, 2010 | Blog, Improve your writing
A clairvoyant once told me I should be careful what I wish for. This year I wanted to start facilitating panel discussions on the writers’ festival circuit, and look what’s happened – four panels at Sydney Writers Festival in May, and five in three...
by Virginia Lloyd | May 3, 2010 | Blog, Improve your writing
Long time no post, but I’ve finally updated my website with the events I’m facilitating/chairing at the Sydney Writers Festival later this month. While I’m always sorry to leave New York – and never more so than this time – I am thrilled...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jan 10, 2010 | Blog, Improve your writing
Here’s a thoughtful piece from retired Washington Post literary editor Bob Thompson. In “Writing about Writers” he recounts having to interview Joan Didion about her memoir The Year of Magical Thinking – three days after her daughter...