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Not Too Busy To Write Penny Wincer
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Penny Wincer is not too busy to write. Except of course, sometimes she is too busy to write as much as she would like. Join Penny as she has conversations with other writers about writing, publishing and creativity whilst juggling all the demands on them such as motherhood, caring and other paid work.
Penny Wincer is the author of Tender (Hodder, June 2020), a mother of two, a non-fiction writing coach and an Australian and long-term resident of London. She’s currently writing her second narrative non-fiction book, Home Matters (July 2024) and working on her first novel.
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Stacey Heale on writing about death and life
Stacey Heale is a fashion academic and writer whose husband Greg was diagnosed with terminal cancer when their youngest daughter was just a baby. Greg died 5 years later. In her memoir Now Is Not The Time For Flowers, Stacey writes about the big conversations that arise from imminent death. In this epsiode Stacey and I talk about writing about the dead, abandoning the typical memoir structure and the very funny side of a very dark experience. Now Is Not The Time For Flowers is out March 28th
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Now Is Not The Time For Flowers - Stacey Heale
Stacey Heale on Instagram @stacey_heale
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Jesse Sutanto on writing a best selling series
Jesse Sutanto is the best selling author of Dial A for Aunties and Vera Wang's Unsolicited Advise for Murders and the winner of the Comic Writer in Print Award 2021. Jesse and I chat about her latest book in her very funny Aunties crime series The Good, The Bad and The Auntie, about her journey from Oxford MFA in Creative Writing, to leaning into her irreverent funny side and the success it led to. We also talk about writing drafts in 5 weeks (yes 5 weeks!!), the joy of sharing her Indo-Chinese culture with the rest fo the world and her favourite funny authors.
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The Good, The Bad and The Aunties - Jesse Sutanto
Dial A For Aunties - Jesse Sutanto
Vera Wang's Unsolicited Advice for Murders - Jesse Sutanto
Jesse Sutanto on Instagram @jesseqsutanto
Not Too Busy To Write on Substack pennywincer.substack.com
Write Your Non-Fiction Book Proposal with Penny Wincer is at 7pm March 27th Book you place here - pennywincerwrites.com/workshops
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Charlotte Wood on writing craft and Australian fiction
Charlotte Wood is an award winning Australian author of 10 books including the 2016 Stella Prize winner The Natural Way of Things and the 2020 international bestseller The Weekend. Her latest novel Stone Yard Devotional is about a woman who abandons her life, her marriage, her career and retreats to a religious community in a remote area of Australia, where she grew up. Charlotte and I talk about the themes that come up in her work, how her craft has changed over the course of her career, why it's so important to her to not over explain to the reader and of course, her favourite Australian fiction writers.
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Stone Yard Devotional - Charlotte Wood
The Weekend - Charlotte Wood
The Natural Way of Things - Charlotte Wood
The Writers Room - Charlotte Wood
The Slap - Christos Tsiolkas
The Golden Age - Joan London
The Good Parents - Joan London
The Conversion - Amanda Lohrey
Charlotte Wood's Substack - charlottewood.substack.com
charlottewoodauthor.com.au
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Tamu Thomas on women who work too much
Tamu Thomas is a transformational coach whose debut book Women Who Work Too Much helps over-achieving, over-functioning women set boundaries, find joy and flourish. In this conversation we talk about natural (rather than toxic) productivity, radical rest and why work (not over work) can be a positive thing. This is such an important conversation for those of us who are writers and have blurred boundaries between work, rest and play.
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Women Who Work Too Much - Tamu Thomas
Tamu on Instagram @tamu.thomas
Tamu on TikTok @tamu_thomas
Book your place on the Non-fiction Book Proposal Workshop 27th March 2024 7pm Discount code for podcast listeners - TOOBUSY
pennywincerwrites.com/workshops
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Bijal Shah on the power of bibliotherapy
Author Bijal Shah is a trained Bibliotherapist who brings the power of reading into the therapy room. It's a technique that dates back to Ancient Greece and Bijal shares some of the tools and techniques she uses in todays episode.
Certain that reading is a big part of your mental wellbeing? You will love this episode which does a deep dive into why books matter and how we can get the most out of our reading experience.
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Bibliotherapy: The healing power of reading by Bijal Shah
Bijal Shah's website
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Amy Arthur on pacing yourself as a writer
Amy Arthur is an award winning writer and science journalist whose new book Pace Yourself is a practical guide to pacing - a tool developed to the manage symptoms of chronic illnesses like ME/CFS which Amy was diagnosed with as a teenager.
This is such an important (and practical) conversation, not just for those who are managing chronic illnesses but for any writer juggling writing alongside many other responsibilities, who constantly feel like they never have quite enough energy.
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Pace Yourself - Amy Arthur
Amy Arthur on Instagram @a_e_arthur
Not Too Busy To Write on Substack pennywincer.substack.com
Penny on Instagram @pennywincer
Customer Reviews
Excellent listen for any womxn writer or aspiring writer
I’ve listened to every episode Ali Millar and Penny Wincer have out so far, and can’t wait to keep listening. It is so valuable to get a behind-the-scenes peek at how other mothers tackle the varied social, professional, and family demands placed on their shoulders while still nurturing their creativity. Not condescending in the slightest, it’s like chatting with two friends. (This is where I admit I’d like to be friends with both!) Killer book recommendations as well.