{"id":26248,"date":"2012-06-30T13:39:04","date_gmt":"2012-06-30T03:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/?p=26248"},"modified":"2016-03-01T09:48:28","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T23:48:28","slug":"three-authors-offer-advice-for-writers-miles-franklin-award-winner-anna-funder-damien-brown-and-wendy-harmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/2012\/06\/30\/three-authors-offer-advice-for-writers-miles-franklin-award-winner-anna-funder-damien-brown-and-wendy-harmer\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Authors Offer Advice for Writers: Miles Franklin Award Winner Anna Funder, Damien Brown, and Wendy Harmer"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I interview writers every week here on the Booktopia Blog.<\/p>\n

My Ten Terrifying Questions have been answered by over 250 published authors ranging from mega selling global stars like Jackie Collins <\/a>and Lee Child<\/a> to brilliant, relatively unknown debut authors such as Miles Franklin shortlisted Favel Parret<\/a> and\u00a0 Rebecca James<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In each of these interviews I ask the following question:<\/p>\n

Q. What advice do you give aspiring writers?<\/h2>\n

Now, for the edification of aspiring writers everywhere, I will pull together answers to this question from three very different writers and post them here once week. Some will inspire, some will confound but all will be interesting and helpful in their own way…<\/p>\n

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<\/strong>\"\"<\/a>ANNA FUNDER<\/h2>\n

Winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award 2012
\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n

“Look very closely and tell the truth.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read the full interview here…<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Click here to order <\/a>All That I Am<\/a><\/strong><\/em> from Booktopia,
\nAustralia’s No. 1 Online Book Shop<\/a><\/strong>
\n<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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<\/strong>\"\"<\/a><\/strong>DAMIEN BROWN<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n

“i. Log out of Facebook.<\/strong><\/p>\n

ii. Commit wholeheartedly. Then, solicit all the professional criticism you can, swallow your pride, and cancel your social engagements for the coming months\u2026”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read the full interview here…<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Click here to order Band-Aid for a Broken Leg<\/em><\/strong><\/em> from Booktopia,
\nAustralia\u2019s No. 1 Online Book Shop<\/strong><\/a><\/strong>
\n<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>WENDY HARMER<\/h2>\n

“Make time to write \u2013 whatever it takes. That\u2019s one thing you need, time, and, if you\u2019re lucky enough, a partner who brings you snacks.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read the full interview here…<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Click here to buy Friends Like These<\/em> from Booktopia
\nAustralia’s No.1 Online Bookshop<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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For more advice from published writers go here<\/a><\/p>\n

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I interview writers every week here on the Booktopia Blog. My Ten Terrifying Questions have been answered by over 250 published authors ranging from mega selling global stars like Jackie Collins and Lee Child to brilliant, relatively unknown debut authors such as Miles Franklin shortlisted Favel Parret and\u00a0 Rebecca James. In each of these interviews I ask the following question: Q. What advice do you give aspiring writers? Now, for the edification of aspiring writers everywhere, I will pull together answers to this question from three very different writers and post them here once week. Some will inspire, some will confound but all will be interesting and helpful in their own way… ANNA FUNDER Winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award 2012 “Look very closely and tell the truth.” Read the full interview here… Click here to order All That I Am from Booktopia, Australia’s No. 1 Online Book Shop DAMIEN BROWN “i. Log out of Facebook. ii. Commit wholeheartedly. Then, solicit all the professional criticism you can, swallow your pride, and cancel your social engagements for the coming months\u2026” Read the full interview here… Click here to order Band-Aid for a Broken Leg from Booktopia, Australia\u2019s No. 1 Online…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[381,475,595,993,1477,6471],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26248"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26248"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57206,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26248\/revisions\/57206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}