of printout on t doions as I go.

    Finally, I bundle to my Australian and U.S. publis for tion(s),  for reing. Sometimes  times t, and I argue about to alter text. Basically, I try and keep an open mind, since t.

    Staying Motivated I’m often asked by aspiring ers  a year or more in ing a full-length novel.

    My stock ans I never sit doo e a novel today.” I sit doo e a cer,” or “revise a cer,”

    or “finiser.” t ’s only ever ,-,  are te goal.

    As a furtivational gimmick, I al utility e t dootal of e in t of my first notebook for t hose red and black numbers).

    I also e doening to as I e and anyt migeresting to look back upon. Like t t I uploaded my first  is a relatively small t it , particularly as  more and more cers appear and total gro very encouraging, particularly in t to take ty of time.

    Summary  sum up my ing p remember e, revise” one is from Robert  e if you don’t read.”

    “Just e one cer at a time and one day you’ll be surprised by your own finished novel.”

    “riting anytter t ing somet.”

    “Read, e, revise, submit, repeat.”

    “Expect rejection, but don’t let it stop you submitting again.”

    “Submit t  t draft. Al again before you send it.”

    About tralia. After taking ing from ty of Canberra, o try, steadily devolving from sales rep t, until in  or inational publiser a period traveling in Eastern Europe, t, and Asia in ,  publiso ing communications consultant. In , o to become a part-time literary