Official website of Melbourne writer Elsa Neal http://www.hearwritenow.com/ Despite all the planning I do for my books, I don't tend to do much worldbuilding up front. This is one aspect of planning that I leave for the writing process. I'm not sure why I take this approach... To read more click heading<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/hearwritenow?a=rVBmDk1ELsI:me4-MYTWKRw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/hearwritenow?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hearwritenow/~4/rVBmDk1ELsI" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.hearwritenow.com/blog/index.htm http://www.hearwritenow.com/blog/archives/2009/archives2009.htm#Worldbuilding It's amazing how a little dose of reality can put a fictional life on hold... To read more click heading<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/hearwritenow?a=nRNrsHQQ648:3rAr-DLMp7w:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/hearwritenow?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hearwritenow/~4/nRNrsHQQ648" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.hearwritenow.com/blog/index.htm http://www.hearwritenow.com/blog/archives/2009/archives2009.htm#Nibbles It's been a busy couple of months. I put my fiction on hold in order to work on a project for my father-in-law, who turned 70 this month. I'm still not sure how I managed to keep it a semi-surprise, or how I managed to get it done in time, but somehow I converted several dinner time conversations, some sneaky questions, an incomplete six-page memoir, and dozens of photographs into a printed book... To read more click heading<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/hearwritenow?a=9o5JxSHbE8I:rQpL0fg7zM4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/hearwritenow?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hearwritenow/~4/9o5JxSHbE8I" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.hearwritenow.com/blog/index.htm http://www.hearwritenow.com/blog/archives/2009/archives2009.htm#GreyMatter Fortnightly ezine for lateral thinkers, published by hearwritenow<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/hearwritenow?a=CnHr7qhCkEA:g--N4dotSrI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/hearwritenow?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hearwritenow/~4/CnHr7qhCkEA" height="1" width="1"/> http://archives.zinester.com/60790/ http://archives.zinester.com/60790/ http://www.hearwritenow.com/articles/ http://www.hearwritenow.com/articles/index.htm <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/hearwritenow?a=TtZwgIf9VCo:gjy0mwHR7Gs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/hearwritenow?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hearwritenow/~4/TtZwgIf9VCo" height="1" width="1"/>