1: Writing historical fiction in March  and Editing for writers in May,  from the Queensland Writers Centre
2: Queensland Premier’s Writing Awards Entry Forms and details are available in May - go to the website
3: The Freshwater QCWA is having a Poetry and Pasta on the 29th of May at 6.30pm at their hall (Next to [...]

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Rejection is just a fact of life for any writer, get over it. For the last few months I have been testing out a number of writer for hire options to see how they pan out. I have to say right off, its not my favourite way of making money. A lot of the work [...]

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1. Watch what you tweet, they are readily available to the world. You may believe that
stupid or raunchy gossip you laid down will get swallowed up, but believe me, it could be easily discovered
by anybody searching the web.
2. If you plan to be off Twitter for a time period, be sure your last tweet was
a [...]

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Twitter is a social media platform that is here to stay. Many people poo-poo
Twitter claiming it’s a colossal waste of precious time and no one wants to hear what
other people had for dinner. Others claim Twitter has helped them land jobs. Still others
say that because of their Twitter use they’ve seen a surge in income. [...]

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Many people, in fact millions of people, are now using Twitter. That’s a whole lot
of people! If you could gain even a very small percentage of these people as your targeted
followers, you could market yourself and your products to them quite successfully. But
there are a few things that are important to cover before you can [...]

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