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#06 – Harmony Williams – Write Through The Roof

Welcome to Write Through The Roof, the podcast for writers who want to improve their craft.

Episode o6 with Harmony Williams – Period romance, cosy mystery & ghost writer

Romance, Co-writing and Regency Research

“I want to lift you up from your daily problems for a few hours and drop you off feeling better”

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Episode 06 – Interview with Harmony Williams – Show Notes If you write 500 beginnings, you will only get good at beginnings but not middles or ends The co-writing process Inspiration for...

#05 – Beverley Lee – Write Through The Roof

Welcome to Write Through The Roof, the podcast for writers who want to improve their craft.

Episode o5 with Beverley Lee – Writer 0f modern gothic

First drafts, Tea and Exploring the Shadowy Places

“The one thing a story hates is a nit-picky writer”

[image error] Episode 05 – Beverley Lee – Show Notes Being a planster Battling to find the right genre Don’t compare your work effort to others Lewis, King, Rice and Schwab Always listen to your story even if you think it’s wrong Madeleine’s tip: the Emotiona...

#04 – Kristy Acevedo – Write Through The Roof

Welcome to Write Through The Roof, the podcast for writers who want to improve their craft.

Episode o4 with Kristy Acevedo – YA Sci-fi author & writing community leader

In and Out, Diverse Voices and Dried Mango

“It’s getting harder to be in survival mode and also produce art.”

Episode 04 – Kristy Acevedo – Show Notes The 100 page discovery draft Dried mango as a writing aid Getting in and out of a scene as soon as possible JK Rowling and Stephen King as inspirations but not for the reasons...

#03 – Angela Slatter – Write Through The Roof

Welcome to Write Through The Roof, the podcast for writers who want to improve their craft.

Episode 03 with Angela Slatter: award winning dark fantasy writer

“I’m a hybrid mess.”

Episode 03 – Angela Slatter – Show Notes. Whiskey and the morning writer Reverse engineering for writers Reading like a fat kid at the dessert table Frankenstein-ing her debut novel ‘Vigil’ together Madeleine’s segment – The Foolscap Method Links Alison Goodman and the Dark Days Club John Connolly Conflux and Genr...

#02 – Molly Ringle – Write Through the Roof

Welcome to Write Through The Roof, the podcast for writers who want to improve their craft.

Episode 02 with Molly Ringle: writer of romance with a magical twist

“My writing tends to be on the weird side.” 

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Episode 02 – Molly Ringle – Show Notes Molly explains what cheese puffs are Mashing up love, honest emotion, humour and cool plot ideas The power of marinating Beginner’s mind Bringing to life Puget Sound in The Goblins of Bellweather Madeleine’s segment – Tick. Tick. Tick. The Pomodoro T...

#01 – Scott McAteer – Write Through The Roof

Welcome to Write Through The Roof, the podcast for writers who want to improve their craft.

Episode 01 with Scott McAteer; comedian, improv performer and playwright.

“The fear of monsters is a very particular fear, a safe and curious fear.”

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Episode 01 – Scott McAteer – Show notes Scott’s Monsterpedia Similarity between horror and comedy Improvisation and writing In defence of Arthur Conan Doyle Madeleine’s segment: #sixwordstory Links Stranger with my Face Australian Script Centre Grain o...

#00 Prologue Write Through The Roof

Welcome to Write Through The Roof, the podcast for writers who want to improve their craft.

I’m Madeleine D’Este and in this show, I’m interviewing writers of all different types and asking  “what’s the one thing that took your writing to the next level?”

So, come and join me and learn all the proven tips, tricks and techniques to take your writing right through the roof.

Episode 0 – the Prologue – Show notes Why I am doing this? Who am I? What are the three things that have elevated my writ...

Albanian eggs, open umbrellas and mysterious lights

Sometimes all my writing efforts land at once and it’s been one of those weeks.

Not only did the new adventure Evangeline and the Mysterious Lights (and the new collection The Antics of Evangeline) go live, but I had articles published on Roads and Kingdoms, and FolkloreThursday.com.

For Roads and Kingdoms, I wrote about my own private Albanian breakfast and reliving holidays through food.

My Own Private Albanian Breakfast

For FolkloreThursday.com, I continued my series on superstitions with...

Evangeline and the Mysterious Lights – available now

[image error]Evangeline and the Mysterious Lights, a brand new Evangeline adventure, is available on Amazon now!

Join Evangeline as she investigates strange phenomenon in the Melbourne night skies with her usual supply of inventions, mayhem and sweet goodies. Here’s a sneak peek of page one to whet your appetite.

And if you’re new to Evangeline and her adventures, all four novellas are now available in a single collection The Antics of Evangeline (in both ebook and paperback).

I hope you enjoy.

And if you...

Poll: who should join Evangeline in a Christmas story?

Which side-kick should join Evangeline in a Christmas adventure?

As a little Christmas present to my mailing list subscribers, I’m writing a new short story adventure for Evangeline with the usual hijink and baked goodies, but I need your help, dear reader. [image error]

Which side-kick should join Evangeline?

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And one more question on format. Would you prefer to rea...