Writer Unboxed

Recently I was a guest at the seventh Big Sky Readers and Writers Festival, hosted by the City of Geraldton. Geraldton is a country centre situated about four hours’ drive north of Perth, Western Australia. This small city built around a deep water harbour is home to a substantial fishing industry and serves as a regional hub [...]

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Ever had a change of fortune? Did you see it coming? Probably not. Windfalls are like that. Losses too. We’re taken by surprise. Suddenly we’re hurtling the wrong direction down the highway. Assumptions flip over. The world spins upside down. Coins fall out of our pockets, or into them. We’re weightless. We’re falling, or rising, [...]

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Six years ago, when we—Kath and Therese—dreamed up a blog called Writer Unboxed, we never would’ve imagined writing a post like this. Our initial goal for our little blog was pretty simple: Discuss the craft of writing fiction with other aspiring writers, and pick the brains of any publishing professional who would allow us to [...]

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