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Interview with Freelance Illustrator: Tara Phillips

Emma Lombard Author

Sep 7, 2019
3 min

Interview with Freelance Illustrator: Tara Phillips

Tara Phillips is a Sydney-based illustrator who brings book covers and characters to life.

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Interview with Freelance Illustrator: Eleonora Mignoli

Emma Lombard Author

Aug 4, 2019
3 min

Interview with Freelance Illustrator: Eleonora Mignoli

Eleanor Mignoli is an award-winning screenwriter, director and script reader. She is also an incredible artist and illustrator!

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Emma Lombard Author

Jul 28, 2019
5 min

When Life Gets You Down - Eat Peas!

The following is a true story about Princess, the fish with nine lives - a fabulous tale of perseverance and patience!

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Interview with New York Literary Agent: Janet Reid

Emma Lombard Author

Jul 8, 2019
6 min

Interview with New York Literary Agent: Janet Reid

Janet Reid is most renowned as the Query Shark for her brutally honest and often humorous critique of real-life query letters.

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Literary Agent Janet Reid: Rules for Writers

Emma Lombard Author

Jul 8, 2019
24 min

Literary Agent Janet Reid: Rules for Writers

Guest post by Janet Reid, New York literary agent and Query Shark queen, who shares these invaluable Rules for Writers.

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Swimming With the Shark: My Agent Journey

Emma Lombard Author

Jun 28, 2019
6 min

Swimming With the Shark: My Agent Journey

Guest post by memoir author, Gail Gilmore. Writing a bang-up query letter is a challenge for many writers, and I count myself among them.

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Twitter Tips for Newbies: Fine Tuning Your Account

Emma Lombard Author

May 20, 2019
5 min

Twitter Tips for Newbies: Fine Tuning Your Account

Want to only see tweets from those who you follow or who follow you, and not random people who jump into the conversation? Read further.

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Twitter Tips for Newbies: Online Etiquette

Emma Lombard Author

May 9, 2019
12 min

Twitter Tips for Newbies: Online Etiquette

Unfortunately, there are no hard and fast ‘Written Rules’ for Twitter etiquette. Engagement and kindness online are key.

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Emma Lombard Author

May 2, 2019
5 min

Even More Twitter Tips For Newbies

Biggest rookie mistake with engagement and how not to make it.

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Emma Lombard Author

Apr 29, 2019
2 min

Indie Book Review: Storytellers

A slow-burn, Icelandic tale that can be savoured like a tale of old, told around a roaring fire on an icy winter's night.

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Exploring Notorious: A Real-life Pirate Ship

Emma Lombard Author

Apr 23, 2019
1 min

Exploring Notorious: A Real-life Pirate Ship

The Notorious is a full-size, sailing re-creation of a 15th century Portuguese Caravel. This exploration vessel from the Age of Discovery...

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Self-Editing Techniques For Over-Writers

Emma Lombard Author

Apr 20, 2019
8 min

Self-Editing Techniques For Over-Writers

Being an over-writer is not a bad thing — it means you have abundant material to whittle down. Beats being short of words.

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Emma Lombard Author

Apr 20, 2019
1 min

Exploring Polly Woodside

The day I visited the Polly Woodside in Melbourne, Australia back in 2017, it was a scorching summer's day - over 40 °C! It made going be...

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Emma Lombard Author

Apr 10, 2019
1 min

Exploring RRS Discovery

Another grand old lady of the sea, RRS (Royal Research Ship) Discovery was one of the last ever wooden sailing ships built for the Britis...

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Emma Lombard Author

Apr 10, 2019
2 min

Indie Book Review: Empire's Daughter

A good cloak-and-dagger tale from the European Dark Ages with slow-building intrigue.

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Emma Lombard Author

Apr 8, 2019
10 min

More Twitter Tips For Newbies

A comprehensive look, and actionable tips, about Twitter engagement and following pitfalls, geared for new writers on Twitter.

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Emma Lombard Author

Apr 5, 2019
3 min

Audiobook Review: Liar's Bargain

Be captivated by the dry wit and snarky humour of a talking sword!

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Emma Lombard Author

Apr 3, 2019
10 min

Building an Author Platform

I kept hearing and reading that authors should have a website and a blog, but I didn’t think it applied to me because I am not published yet

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Twitter Tips for Newbies: Authors and Writers

Emma Lombard Author

Mar 29, 2019
9 min

Twitter Tips for Newbies: Authors and Writers

Engaging on Twitter was a daunting task for me. Then, I suddenly found a purpose to be on Twitter.

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Emma Lombard Author

Mar 27, 2019
1 min

Exploring HMS Unicorn

I have always had a soft spot for old sail ships. I'm not sure what the attraction is, especially since I would have made a lousy sailor w...

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