The First Time

Katherine speaks with The Second Son author Loraine Peck. They discuss excellent bios, writing crime, magic and vision boards.  Check out show notes for this episode on our website www.thefirsttimep...

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This episode Kate and Katherine go deep on a festival post mortem after Kate wearily returns from a whirlwind book trip to WA. Highlights, dolphins, fashion tips, name dropping and a story that makes ...

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This episode Kate talks to political journalist, foreign correspondent and author Michael Brissenden. They discuss journalism, good story telling and--one of our faves--rejection. Check out show not...

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This episode Kate and Katherine discuss the nitty gritty of editing. It's been so long Kate's forgotten what it even is and Katherine has a complicated method involving printing, spreadsheets and long...

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This episode Katherine talks to author Victoria Hannan on the highs and lows of being a writer, and how the writing life is just one part of actual life. They discuss awards (Victoria was the winner o...

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This episode Kate and Katherine discuss first drafts... Are they always terrible?  Does anyone listen to other authors play lists? Do you like long descriptions of trees?  And other questions such as ...

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In our first interview for S4, Kate speaks with Evelyn Araluen - poet, academic, co-editor of Overland Literary Journal and author of Dropbear. They discuss Evelyn's creative practice, how she edited ...

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It’s a whole new season and a whole new format but the same old hosts.    Kate and Katherine haven’t spoken in oh about forever and there’s a lot to catch up on. Books they’ve been reading!  Things th...

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