WRITER 624: Sandie Docker on how to ensure longevity in your author career
Description
Meet Sandie Docker, who shares her journey and strategies for ensuring longevity in your author career. Sandie emphasises the importance of networking, connecting with readers, and seeking help in areas outside of one’s expertise. She also discusses her role in starting the Northern Beaches Readers Festival and how it has benefited her career.
00:00 Introduction
00:19 Upcoming webinar on avoiding infringement in fiction writing
03:38 Nat Newman's lighthouse residency experience
07:27 Writing tips from Nat Newman
12:45 Exciting book giveaway: The Oxenbridge King by Christine Paice
16:07 Word of the week: Gravamen
17:45 Interview with author Sandie Docker
27:06 Establishing an author career
28:47 Building industry relationships
33:40 Connecting with readers
37:02 The role of an agent
41:06 Starting a literary festival
48:35 Writing routine and final thoughts
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