I first heard about the Chinese Whisperings project from a fabulous, crazy Brisbane-based writer I have never met! Social media can be a wonderful boon to ‘emerging’ writers, as it provides the opportunity to interact with people with whom you might never ordinarily come into contact. Jodi and I crossed paths while reading/commenting on each [...]
Archive for August, 2010
The attraction to write for Chinese Whisperings has to be working with editor, Jodi Cleghorn. I’d met Jodi through my obsession with the writing blog, Write Anything and her generous help with one of my stories “My Boss Sucks”, which she graced with her beautiful razor blade to help bring out the story I wanted [...]
Being offered the opportunity to return to play with the writers from The Red Book was something I was not willing to pass up. Not only had it strengthened my belief in my ability as a writer, but it had pushed me to seek more skills and tools to utilise within my writing. This time [...]
The sun had set and our ball game finished so we said goodbye. I stood there in the playing field grinning furiously as my new pals pulled on their sweaters and turned to start back off home. “This was one of the best days ever,” I called out but by then they were too far [...]
It started with another project: Fourth Fiction, the “first blog-based literary reality show.” Several official contestants and a few outside participants worked at writing a novella based on a series of prompts. Viewers (readers) voted off their least favourite at each stage, until the very last, when it turned out… Well, I don’t want to [...]
I’ve always been a fan of writers’ company but never one for sharing a fetid room with one and trying to compromise on each other’s writing methods. It could sometimes be fun writing gags for TV in a team but most writers I know are pretty protective of ideas in their raw form and prefer [...]
Chinese Whisperings invites you to kick back with your favourite beverage and Take Five with the Brisbane based author of Krappelin's Child Annie Evett.
The Red Book, Audio Trailer
