I've never been to this festival (talk about being a bad Melburnian writer) but it's on next weekend and I am doing two things and really excited about being there. First is The Age of Experience on Saturday 17 June, 3.30-4.30pm where Christy Collins, Paul Dalgarno and I talk to Jane Rawson about being debut [...]
Tag: editing
Saturday catch up
It's been a while since I posted. I have just finished a full-on week of teaching, as well as getting my edited manuscript back to Allen & Unwin. Am tidying my work space and getting things under control after a three-week frenzy with lots of teaching and lots of editing. Celebrating tonight with some French bubbly, [...]
While I’m cogitating on the next ‘How-to’ book review post…
I wanted to quickly list the books that I have on my shelves that I have found (variously) helpful in improving my writing skills but thought I'd also write a bit about my beliefs for revising work. Editing Knowing and clearly understanding what the different types of revision are is a first step and this [...]
Robert Gottlieb, The Art of Editing No. 1
The Paris Review interviews are just fantastic. This is No. 1 on the art of editing, with Robert Gottlieb, published in 1992, and despite my best efforts at finding others on editing, it seems to be the only interview on that topic (there are lots on The Art of Fiction, and Poetry, Biography, Non Fiction) [...]
JENNY ACKLAND AUTHOR 