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Interview with Caroline Miley, historical fiction author of Artist on Campaign

November 2, 2019 by Rebecca Bowyer 2 Comments

Today in Story Addict’s author interview series I’m pleased to welcome Caroline Miley to chat to us about her writing. Caroline is an art historian and author of literary historical novels set in the late Georgian era. She lives in Melbourne. Her debut novel, The Competition, won a Varuna Fellowship and a Fellowship of Australian […]

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“How did the book launch go?!” (And what happens after a book is published?)

October 17, 2019 by Rebecca Bowyer Leave a Comment

First cofee as a published author Maternal Instinct

It’s been 10 days since my first novel, Maternal Instinct, was released into the world. There’s been a book launch event to celebrate, I’ve spoken at a conference in Canberra about it, I’ve done a podcast interview and 4 online interviews. Maternal Instinct has received 41 reviews and 56 ratings on Goodreads, 33 reviews on Netgalley […]

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Kickstarter mid-point update: 70% funded, 14 days to go!

March 17, 2019 by Rebecca Bowyer Leave a Comment

Maternal Instinct Kickstarter campaign Insta

14 days ago I launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise the funds needed to publish my debut novel, Maternal Instinct. In those short 14 days, $3,537 has been raised by 49 backers! I have been well and truly overwhelmed by your support, thank you so much. We’re halfway there Just 14 days and $1,463 to […]

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Review: Writing a Novel (the Faber Academy way)

September 15, 2018 by Rebecca Bowyer

Writing a novel by Richard Skinner

Writing a Novel is the distillation of nearly ten years of Richard Skinner’s experience of teaching the Faber Academy program of the same name. It answers questions from ‘Where will I get my ideas from?’ through to ‘Should I write in first or third point of view?’. Drawing on advice given by every writer from […]

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How to be a writer when you don’t want to write literary fiction

June 2, 2018 by Rebecca Bowyer 3 Comments

How to be a writer

I’ve done pretty much every kind of writing there is, apart from features writing and underwriting. My current day job is digital strategy and web content writing – I translate complex technical concepts into plain English and make sure people can find them when they search in Google. I’ve also done copywriting, article writing, fiction […]

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In conversation with Louise Allan, author of The Sisters’ Song

January 8, 2018 by Rebecca Bowyer Leave a Comment

Author interview_ Louise Allan

Louise Allan’s first novel, The Sisters’ Song, is out now from Allen & Unwin. The manuscript was shortlisted for the 2014 City of Fremantle—TAG Hungerford Award and awarded a Varuna Residential Fellowship. I absolutely adored The Sisters’ Song. Set in Tasmania, it’s the story of two sisters and how music and motherhood break their hearts but […]

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