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#AWWC #Kate Lomas Glendenning #Reviews

Review: How to be an Author by Georgia Richter & Deborah Hunn, by Kate Lomas Glendenning

March 14, 2021May 27, 2021 By Underground Team

Title: How to be an Author: The Business of being a Writer in AustraliaAuthor: Georgia Richter & Deborah HunnGenre: Non-fiction / Creative WritingPublisher:

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#Blog Posts #Shelley Carter #Writer Resources

How to Write Horror, by Shelley Timms

September 16, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Image from Pexels free images What makes a good horror story? Is it the shocking gore, or the slow burn of psychological torture

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#Blog Posts #Kate Lomas Glendenning #Writer Resources

How to Motivate yourself to Write during Lockdown Ease, by Kate Lomas Glendenning

July 5, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Image from Pexels free images Although this year feels like it has been ripped out of a dystopian novel, have you managed (amongst

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#Blog Posts #Jess Gately #Writer Resources

Overcoming Shiny Object Syndrome, by Jess Gately

June 7, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Image by Myriam Zilles from Pixabay We’ve all been there. You’re down to the nitty gritty bits of your manuscript. You’re not quite sure how

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#Kate Lomas Glendenning #Listicles #Reader Resources

Rejections Letters and You: A learning curve in disguise, by Kate Lomas Glendenning

January 22, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Image from Canva free stock images After discovering one of your favourite authors received a rejection letter, do you feel better about your own? If

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#Blog Posts #Shelley Carter #Writer Resources

Take your Nonfiction to the Next Level by Shelley Carter

December 25, 2019December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Image from Canva Free Stock Images Writing long-form nonfiction can be difficult; there is a fine line between cramming as much interesting information into a book or article,

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#Freelance Writing Series #Jess Gately

Freelance Writing Series Part 16: Showing Your Freelance Work on a CV

December 18, 2019December 15, 2019 By Underground Team

Article by Jess GatelyImage from Canva Free Stock Images Freelance work is great because it’s flexible and versatile, but that doesn’t mean it has to be the only sort

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#Blog Posts #Dylan Dartnell #Past editors #Writer Resources

The Year That Was… by Dylan Dartnell

December 15, 2019December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Image from Canva free stock images The year that was—that still is. You have done so well… but I need just a little more from

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#Blog Posts #Jess Gately #Writer Resources

I’ve got a story to tell; now what? By Jess Gately

October 30, 2019December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

‘I’ve got a story to tell, but I don’t know how to go about it?’ As writers, it’s not uncommon for us to

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#Listicles #Reader Resources #Shelley Carter

The Writer’s Reading List: Books to help you become a successful writer by Shelley Carter

October 16, 2019December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Becoming a writer involves so much more than just having a talent for telling stories. There are so many aspects you must consider

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#Freelance Writing Series #Jess Gately

Freelance Writing Series Part 15: A word from the professionals

October 13, 2019October 9, 2019 By Underground Team

Article by Jess GatelyImage from Canva Free Stock Images Everyone works differently. The way we manage our time, our admin, our marketing and our

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#Blog Posts #Jess Gately #Writer Resources

7 Journaling Activities to Improve Your Writing by Jess Gately

September 22, 2019December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Image from Canva Free Stock Images Journaling is a popular way for writers to improve their skills and practise their craft on a daily or

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#Freelance Writing Series #Jess Gately

Freelance Writing Series Part 13: Admin and Time Management

August 28, 2019August 31, 2019 By Underground Team

Article by Jess Gately Time management is one of the most important factors of freelance work. There’s a lot to consider when you’ve got

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#Blog Posts #Jess Gately #Writer Resources

What to do when you receive feedback on your writing, by Jess Gately

July 28, 2019December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Image from Canva Free Stock Images Receiving feedback can be a painful process. As writers, we should actively seek it, but there’s no taking away

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#Freelance Writing Series #Jess Gately

Freelance Writing Series Part 12: Creative Briefs

July 21, 2019July 11, 2019 By Underground Team

Article by Jess Gately Image from Canva Free Stock Images In our last post, we discussed pitching for those of you who are looking at

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#Freelance Writing Series #Jess Gately

Freelance Writing Series Part 11: A word from the professionals

July 7, 2019June 12, 2019 By Underground Team

Article by Jess Gately Image from Canva Free Stock Images The last few posts have been a whirlwind of information! While it may feel daunting and

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#Jess Gately #Listicles

Writing Advice from 7 Contemporary Australian Authors, by Jess Gately

June 26, 2019June 19, 2019 By Underground Team

Image from Canva Free Stock Images We’ve all seen those lists of lovely quotes from classic writers telling us all we need to know about

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#Blog Posts #Kate Lomas Glendenning #Writer Resources

Writing a Story Cycle, by Kate Lomas Glendenning

June 23, 2019December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

As an admirer and writer of short stories, I decided to challenge myself by writing a different genre. After a bit of research,

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#Freelance Writing Series #Jess Gately

Freelance Writing Series Part 10: Pitching

June 19, 2019June 12, 2019 By Underground Team

Article by Jess Gately Image from Canva Free Stock Images In our last post we discussed finding your first clients and getting your first paid

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#Freelance Writing Series #Jess Gately

Freelance Writing series part 9: Getting your first paid gigs

June 5, 2019May 27, 2019 By Underground Team

Article by Jess Gately Image from Canva Free Stock Images In the last post we discussed ways that you can start a portfolio of your writing

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#Blog Posts #Jemimah Halbert Brewster #Writer Resources

Writing Your Author Bio, by Jemimah Halbert Brewster

May 26, 2019December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Image from Canva Free Stock Images Whether you enjoy or loathe writing them, an appropriate author bio is essential when presenting yourself to your audience

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#Freelance Writing Series #Jess Gately

Freelance writing series part 8: Building a Portfolio

May 12, 2019May 10, 2019 By Underground Team

Article by Jess Gately Image from Canva Free Stock Images Your business is now pretty much set up and ready to go, but there’s one

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#Interviews #Reader Resources #Shelley Carter

Interview: Dee White, author & playwright for children & young adults

April 6, 2019December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

An interview by Shelley Carter Dee White is a published author of 18 books and two plays for children and young adults, with

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#Blog Posts #Jess Gately

Planning a Novel, by Jess Gately

March 24, 2019March 18, 2019 By Underground Team

Image from Canva Free Stock Images Take what you will from this process and build upon it in a way that best suits you. You

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#Blog Posts #Jess Rae #Past editors

Is Your Idea Worth It? By Jess Rae

February 13, 2019November 18, 2020 By Underground Team

How to tell what story is worth writing.  I know as a writer I always have so many ideas but I never have

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#Freelance Writing Series #Jess Gately

Freelance Writing series part 4: Business Set-up

January 30, 2019January 23, 2019 By Underground Team

Image from Canva Free Stock Images As you’ve seen in the previous posts, there’s a lot more to freelance writing than just writing. Setting up

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#Blog Posts #Kate Lomas Glendenning

How to Create Fully Developed Fictional Characters, by Kate Lomas Glendenning

January 27, 2019January 23, 2019 By Underground Team

Image from Canva free stock images As a reader, it is incredibly frustrating to immerse yourself within a book with underdeveloped characters; as a writer,

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#Blog Posts #Dylan Dartnell #Interviews #Jemimah Halbert Brewster #Jess Gately #Jess Rae #Kate Lomas Glendenning #Past editors #Reader Resources #Shelley Carter

What We Learnt in 2018

January 2, 2019December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

2018 was a big year for learning, and our editors were happy to discuss and share as much as they could. This post

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#Freelance Writing Series #Jess Gately

Freelance Writing series part 2: What to know before you start

October 28, 2018October 18, 2018 By Underground Team

Image from Canva Free Stock Images Freelancing isn’t an easy gig. There’s no job security, no sick pay, no holiday leave, and you’re

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#Freelance Writing Series #Jess Gately

Freelance Writing series part 1: Types of Freelance Writing

October 10, 2018October 18, 2018 By Underground Team

Image from Canva Free Stock Images One of the most common topics we get asked to cover at Underground is freelance writing. It’s

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#Blog Posts #Jess Gately

Writing big topics for the small page, by Jess Gately

July 28, 2018July 25, 2018 By Underground Team

[Image Description: A silhouette of a soldier carrying another soldier who is presumably injured or dead across an empty battlefield. The text reads

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#Blog Posts #Jess Gately

Writer’s Block. Is it real and how to get past it? by Jess Gately

June 9, 2018July 25, 2018 By Underground Team

Writer’s Block is the bane of all writers. Whether it takes the form of staring at a blank page not knowing what to

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#Blog Posts #Dylan Dartnell #Past editors

Writing: What You Need to Know for 2018, by Dylan Dartnell

January 15, 2018November 18, 2020 By Underground Team

If you are like me, a stupendous procrastinator with wild ambition, you might have exhausted Facebook’s ‘save’ function and now have an archive

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#Blog Posts #Jess Gately

3 Things I Learnt During NaNoWriMo, by Jess Gately

December 3, 2017 By Underground Team

3 Things I Learnt During NaNoWriMo By Jess Gately Over the years I have participated or skipped NaNoWriMo as I see necessary. For

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#Blog Posts #Jess Gately

3 Tips for Generating Ideas During NaNoWriMo, by Jess Gately

November 14, 2017November 12, 2017 By Underground Team

Stuck for ideas during NaNoWriMo? Here’s 3 tips to get you back on track… Whether you’re pantsing it and having a bit of

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#Blog Posts #Jess Gately

7 Tips for Surviving NaNoWriMo, by Jess Gately

October 31, 2017May 19, 2018 By Underground Team

Are you ready? Tomorrow is November 1st and the beginning of NaNoWriMo! If you haven’t already, I sincerely suggest you head on over

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#Blog Posts #Jess Gately

5 Faux Pas That Will Prevent You Getting Published, by Jess Gately

August 18, 2017August 9, 2020 By Underground Team

5 Faux Pas That Will Prevent You Getting Published By Jess Gately At Underground, we deal with a lot of emerging writers, who

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#Blog Posts #Kate Lomas Glendenning

How to Write the Beginning of a Story, by Kate Lomas Glendenning

July 18, 2017August 9, 2020 By Underground Team

How to Write the Beginning of a Story by editor Kate Lomas Glendenning   6 Things to Consider in your Beginning “How do

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#Blog Posts #Jemimah Halbert Brewster

3 Ways I Trick Myself Into Writing More, by Jemimah Halbert

May 30, 2017August 9, 2020 By Underground Team

3 Ways I Trick Myself Into Writing More By Editor-in-Chief Jemimah Halbert If you haven’t already read last month’s blog post I suggest you

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#Blog Posts #Jemimah Halbert Brewster

3 Simple Ways To Get Your Writing Started, by Jemimah Halbert

April 27, 2017August 9, 2020 By Underground Team

3 Simple Ways To Get Your Writing Started By Editor-in-Chief Jemimah Halbert I’ve been an avid reader and regular writer for most of

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