by Bettina Deda | Jul 19, 2017 | Events, Writing |
As writers, we all know how hard it is to cut through the dense, impenetrable jungle of publishers to find the right person who is interested in taking a look at our book proposal or manuscript.
I recently attended my second Literary Speed Dating in Sydney organised by the Australian Society of Authors (ASA). Last year, I summed up my 3 Things I learned from my First Literary Speed Dating.
by Bettina Deda | Jul 27, 2016 | Creativity, Writing |
While on holidays in Australia’s Red Centre I received a Facebook message from Karen Bayly, a Sydney-based “science-geek” and writer, who nominated me for the Liebster Award. My first thought was ‘What a strange name’, my second thought was ‘Liebster sounds very...
by Bettina Deda | Jul 18, 2016 | Books, Interview, Writing |
At the end of May, I had the pleasure to meet Australian author Natasha Lester at an event at the Australian Writers’ Centre in Sydney. A few weeks before, I had won a copy of her latest book A Kiss from Mr Fitzgerald on Goodreads, which turned out to be a page-turner...
by Bettina Deda | Jun 5, 2016 | Writing |
During the month of May, I started submitting my memoir manuscript to the first ten publishers on my list. At first glance, it looked that they all asked for the same information: an excerpt of the manuscript, a synopsis, contents in case of non-fiction, an author...
by Bettina Deda | May 22, 2016 | Books, Things I love |
I am per se a curious person; maybe that is the reason why I discovered the following books that inspired my life and affected my thinking in one way or the other. These books reminded me of values and wisdom, which I have accrued over the past 50 years, but some of...
