Caroline Beecham: The Power of Secrets and Settings
I thoroughly enjoyed Caroline’s post for the attic about the research behind her third historical novel, Finding Eadie. If you love reading or writing historical fiction and stories about WWII, you’ll enjoy this post, too. Caroline is a novelist, writer...
Alison Booth: A Tale of Two Very Different Sisters
Readers and writers of historical fiction will enjoy today’s post by Canberra-based writer and ANU academic, Alison Booth. Alison talks about the evolution of her novel, The Philosopher’s Daughters, about why she chose to tell it from dual viewpoints and...
Robyn Cadwallader: The Angel Among the Chaos
I’m always deeply grateful to the writers who contribute to Writers in the Attic. Their words never fail to give me something to think about, or bestow a nugget of wisdom or just make me feel less lonely on this torturous journey to a novel. Robyn’s piece...
Kali Napier: Getting Personal
My guest author this week is Kali Napier. I can’t remember exactly when Kali’s path and mine first crossed, but over the past six months or so we’ve become friends as our books are being released within a month of each other. There’s nothing...
Deborah Burrows: Writing Tales of Courage
I’m honoured to have author and lawyer, Deb Burrows, join me in the attic today. Deb’s published four historical novels, and all tell the stories of courageous women during WWII. Deb was born and grew up in Perth, Western Australia, and is the...