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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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