HARDCOPY Round 1 – Phew!
What an amazing long weekend. Three jam-packed days in the company of like-minded non-fiction writers. Bliss. But in any group of two dozen or so there’s usually one, isn’t there? One who disrupts, or is overbearing, or who just somehow really gets on your goat? Not in this group. Everyone was thoughtful, respectful and open…
HARDCOPY Professional Development Program – the preparation
The flights and accommodation are booked. Several work meetings and dinner with a colleague are all lined up. The suitcase is out of the shed and waiting to be filled with too many shoes. I always pack too many shoes but how can I possibly know in advance which ones I’ll need…? The HARDCOPY program…
Update re HARDCOPY Writing Program
In my earlier post about the HARDCOPY writing program I had a little rant about the lack of feedback provided by competitive arts programs. Something along the lines of feedback being a vital professional development mechanism. In its application forms HARDCOPY promised feedback to the successful applicants only. But I found out today (while receiving…
A Win! Accepted into HARDCOPY Writing Program
So excited! I have just been accepted into the 2015 HARDCOPY program. 30 writers from around Australia have been selected for Round 1, which consists of two long weekends (one in May, one in September) of writing and industry workshops. Then 10 of those writers are selected for Round 2, which consists of one-on-one consultations…