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Episode 66: ‘There Definitely Is Such A Thing As A Stupid Question’ (What People Ask Writers)

Episode 66: ‘There Definitely Is Such A Thing As A Stupid Question’ (What People Ask Writers)

Released Sunday, 21st January 2024
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Episode 66: ‘There Definitely Is Such A Thing As A Stupid Question’ (What People Ask Writers)

Episode 66: ‘There Definitely Is Such A Thing As A Stupid Question’ (What People Ask Writers)

Episode 66: ‘There Definitely Is Such A Thing As A Stupid Question’ (What People Ask Writers)

Episode 66: ‘There Definitely Is Such A Thing As A Stupid Question’ (What People Ask Writers)

Sunday, 21st January 2024
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Hello from the sickbed...

Alex is calling in from home, where he's down with COVID; Sean is suffering from post-COVID brain fog; and Amy is infuriatingly healthy. Today the Word Docs are answering the most annoying questions people ask writers: Will you read my manuscript? If I give you an idea, will you write it, and we can split the profits? Can I have a free book? The answers range from 'No', to 'Hell, no', with the odd 'Amy is not a mule' thrown in, to spice things up. There's also some consideration of the stupid questions people must ask dentists... 

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Alex, Amy and Sean (aka Dr Alex Vickery-Howe, Dr Amy T Matthews and Dr Sean Williams)are professional writers who also lecture full-time at Flinders University, South Australia.They’ve joined forces to cover topics of interest to new writers in a lively, conversationalstyle that frequently segues to areas far from where they started. If you’ve ever wonderedwhat writers talk about beyond the lecture theatre or festival circuit, here’s your chance tofind out.BiosDr Alex Vickery-Howe is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter. In 2008 he made hiswriting debut with a bilingual, bicultural horror rock musical in Okinawa, Japan, where itopened the Kijimuna Festival (now Ricca Ricca Festival) and played to rave reviews and fullhouses, before selling out again at the Adelaide OzAsia Festival. He has subsequentlywritten and published works for a number of Australian theatre companies. On screen, Alexhas written and directed short films which have played to a variety of international festivals.He holds a PhD from Flinders University, where he specialises in writing internationally foryounger audiences.Links:https://www.flinders.edu.au/people/alex.vickeryhoweDr Amy Matthews is an award-winning novelist who publishes literary fiction under thename Amy T Matthews and historical fiction under the name Tess LeSue. She's publishedshort stories in collections including Best Australian Stories and co-edited three anthologiesof short fiction and poetry. Amy is a past chair and current board member of Writers SA andteaches creative writing at Flinders University. Her current research focusses on writingcolonial historical fiction and the intersections of gender, race and power in romance. Thismakes it all sound very serious. It's actually ridiculously fun.Links:https://amytmatthews.comhttps://www.flinders.edu.au/people/amy.t.matthewshttps://tesslesue.comDr Sean Williams is an award-winning, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of forty-nine novels and over one hundred and twenty short stories for adults, young adults and children.As well as his original fiction, he has contributed to shared universes such as Star Wars and Doctor Who, collaborated with authors like Garth Nix, and lived on an Antarctica base in the name of research. His latest novel is Impossible Music, about a young heavy metal guitarist who loses his hearing. He teaches creative writing at Flinders University and writes music under the monicker “theadelaidean”.Links:www.seanwilliams.comhttps://www.flinders.edu.au/people/sean.williams

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