marianne-de-pierre &laquo; WordPress.com Tag Feed http://en.wordpress.com/tag/marianne-de-pierre/ Feed of posts on WordPress.com tagged "marianne-de-pierre" Thu, 23 May 2013 11:21:23 +0000 http://en.wordpress.com/tags/ en <![CDATA[Burn Bright News!]]> http://hattersandmadmen.com/2013/03/30/burn-bright-news/ Sat, 30 Mar 2013 17:35:51 +0000 Aura http://hattersandmadmen.com/2013/03/30/burn-bright-news/ NC_Kubicki_int_allWhen it was announced that the Burn Bright series by Marianne De Pierres would be available on e-reader, Baby Bats everywhere went ballistic.  Having only been available in a limited amount of regions, this wonderful series can now be read the world over.

A new set of e-reader covers were originally designed  by  Austin Designworks , but they will now only be used for free e-chapters. In replacement, the designer of the original Burn Bright covers Kubicki, has agreed to let the original ‘physical book’ designs be used for the e-reader versions.

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In addition, songstress Yunyu has also composed a song for the series. This shaping to up to be a great year for Burn Bright.

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]]> <![CDATA[WriteFest windows of opportunity, and other writerly news]]> http://jasonnahrung.com/2012/04/12/writefest-windows-of-opportunity-and-other-writerly-news/ Thu, 12 Apr 2012 02:05:39 +0000 jason nahrung http://jasonnahrung.com/2012/04/12/writefest-windows-of-opportunity-and-other-writerly-news/ Bundaberg’s WriteFest is a great event, one of those fairly intimate occasions when everyone’s just chilled out yet totally keen. This year the organisers have upped the ante, offering a workshop with Louise Cusack — her writing advice is always worth it — as well as the chance to get feedback from Allen & Unwin’s Rachael Donovan on how to improve a submission to a publisher, and a chance to talk to Clan Destine Press’s Lindy Cameron about a manuscript. But you want to be quick: applications for the feedback sessions close on Sunday April 15. Check out the website: there’s plenty more on, including two workshops with Marianne de Pierres and seminars on many things writerly. WriteFest is held on May 19.
  • Michael Hauge provides insight into story structure and the rules of engagement for hero and ‘reflection character’.
  • The horror of having a book go to print without its opening line, and a constructive way of dealing with the misdeed, courtesy of Kirstyn McDermott.
  • I’ve recently had cause to chinwag with a.rawlings, this year’s Arts Queensland poet in residence hosted by Queensland Poetry Festival, and was again struck by the power of the written word when read out loud. I found her poem, ‘a hoosh a ha’, inside her collection Wide Slumber for Lepidopterists, and then this clip on YouTube of her performing the piece. It’s a gorgeous book, beautifully laid out, but to hear those words out loud: wow. To complete the narrative circle of this post, it’s worth the mention that one of Louise Cusack’s suggestions for improving self-editing is to read the work out loud. Advice I really wish I’d take more often, because it really does highlight awkwardness, errors and repetition.


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