Author Journal · Page 35 of 35 · Wendy Orr

Wendy Orr's author diary: the journal following a writer's working life and the progress of new books, from idea to manuscript to publication.
BEAUTIFUL BC
5th Sep

BEAUTIFUL BC

My daughter Susan in the middle, with my nieces Chelsea on the right and Alana on the left. Visiting family is always the best part of a trip, and a big birthday…
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Book Planning in New York City
7th Aug

Book Planning in New York City

What a fantastic city New York is (I know that many people have commented on this before, but it was my first visit – and I hope, not my last.) The best…
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A Visit to Hollywood
28th Jun

A Visit to Hollywood

After two years of emails and phone calls, I finally got to meet the people involved with taking my Nim’s Island to the screen. Yes, it’s a big change for someone who…
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The title search concludes: Across the Dark Sea
28th May

The title search concludes: Across the Dark Sea

After months of searching and much angst, I’ve finally come up with a title for the National Museum book about Trung, the little Vietnamese boy who arrives in Australia with his father…
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Workshopping
16th May

Workshopping

Peeling the Onion readers might be interested to know that I’ve just returned from a week of intensive, innovative, physiotherapy in Sydney… so we can hope that Anna has something similar after…
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lecture at Chisolm Institute
4th May

lecture at Chisolm Institute

This has been one of those weeks with lots of the admin sides of being an author: setting up the blog; sending out info about the Nim’s Island competition; filling in forms…
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an author learning to blog
1st May

an author learning to blog

Hello to anyone who’s used to reading my diary at www.marcw87.sg-host.com I’ve decided that the time has come to learn to update it myself, without having to ask my wonderful website guru…
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