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JOHN WARBY A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
Christopher Warby and his mates, Lockhart River Mission It is said that to really know someone, you have to live with them. Maybe....
Lynne Lloyd
Jun 184 min read


THE AUTHOR IN THE MACHINE. IS IT YOU?
Billions of snippets of stolen stories, join them up, and voila! This was it! I've been working hard; I deserved a little treat. This...
Lynne Lloyd
May 282 min read


EDITING AND AI: WHERE DO YOUR WORDS GO?
Who can I trust with my words and stories? Whatever we do in our lives, whatever our profession, whatever we create, we are in danger of...
Lynne Lloyd
Apr 233 min read


HAVE YOUR WRITING HABITS CHANGED IN THE LAST TWELVE DAYS?
Feeling confused and unsettled, staring out the window for long periods? Three weeks ago, the Australian Federal election was called for...
Lynne Lloyd
Apr 92 min read


YOU TALKIN' TO ME? DIALOGUE SELF-CHECKLIST
Robert de Niro in 'Taxi Driver' https://www.youtube.com/shorts/q5zUpxW3wIQ?feature=share Well-written dialogue rarely attracts much...
Lynne Lloyd
Mar 124 min read


HOW TO WRITE EMOTIONAL CONTENT
Bruce Lee: 'Don't think, feel.' Bruce Lee was a mindfulness guru long before it became a big 'new' thing in the 1990s. "We need...
Lynne Lloyd
Feb 193 min read


WRITERS: DO YOU HEAR THE SIREN CALL OF A.I.?
A bronze head of Minerva, the Roman Goddess of the arts, crafts and poetry All creatives, and writers in particular, have to be vigilant...
Lynne Lloyd
Feb 123 min read


IS RISK AN ALLY FOR YOU IN YOUR WRITING?
Taking risks is essential for fiction writers to develop their skills and imagination. Don't follow others', be self-challenging and brave.
Lynne Lloyd
Sep 27, 20243 min read


GOTTA WRITE A CLASSIC?
A still from the 1974 movie 'The Great Gatsby' with Robert Redford as the enigmatic Gatsby What do the critics know about picking the...
Lynne Lloyd
Sep 19, 20243 min read


WRITING FICTION: ENTERING OUR WORLD OF 'IF'
'O'Reilly's Golden Sunset' - Lamington National Park, S.E. Qld 'If' is a powerful word for fiction writers. We might even claim it is a...
Lynne Lloyd
Aug 23, 20242 min read


COMMA-SENSE Where do the commas go?
Do you agonise over where to place the commas in your writing? Recently, an author client asked me for clarification on using commas in...
Lynne Lloyd
Aug 7, 20247 min read


CHOOSE IT. DON'T LOSE IT, BEFORE YOU START
Amy played by Rosamund Pike in 'Gone Girl' movie, 2014 You’ve researched enough; you’ve come up with your theme and some of the plot; and...
Lynne Lloyd
Jul 3, 20246 min read


I WANT TO BE A WRITER! BUT HOW?
Ben White - upsplash As a book editor, I see manuscripts on a continuum from near perfect (rare) to “needs work” to “needs a heck of a...
Lynne Lloyd
Mar 5, 20243 min read


CREATE A MEMORABLE ENDING FOR YOUR NOVEL
I am thinking of endings. When I am deep reading a novel and moving closer to the final pages, I start thinking about the ending. I find...
Lynne Lloyd
Dec 17, 20234 min read


SHOULD I INCLUDE A PROLOGUE IN MY NOVEL?
It's a funny thing how many contemporary fiction writers love to include a prologue in their novels. Because the majority of readers hate...
Lynne Lloyd
Oct 21, 20234 min read


ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: WILL IT HELP MY WRITING?
You and I have been sucked into the virtual world of the Internet and digital applications by promises to make our lives easy,...
Lynne Lloyd
Sep 21, 20233 min read


"OH NO, I CAN'T WRITE THAT!!"
During an editorial discussion with a client, I suggested a group of ‘good’ characters in her novel manuscript would be a lot more...
Lynne Lloyd
Jun 15, 20234 min read


WHEN MOTHERS WRITE ABOUT MOTHERS
Lynne and grandson Tailyn Pieters, 3 days old Some things in life never leave us. Our mother’s love for one. It is sealed within the...
Lynne Lloyd
May 7, 20233 min read


What can ChatGPT do for Me and My Writing?
Hey, I’m excited! As a writer, what can ChatGPT do for me? At our Helensvale Writers Group meeting in April, we participated in an...
Lynne Lloyd
Apr 28, 20234 min read


DOES HOPE SPRING ETERNAL FOR WRITERS?
Paradise Point, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia ‘Hope springs eternal!’ So said Alexander Pope i n his 1734 poem ‘An Essay on Man.’...
Lynne Lloyd
Apr 16, 20233 min read
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