Jane Folland

So last Saturday I presented a workshop at my first writers festival. I was dobbed in by my bestie and fellow writer Rebekah Cumming who was talking about how you go from an idea to a book and all things indie publishing. As I am studying fairy tales for my honors project I have a…

So I was looking through a draw this morning and found my journal from when I was completing my Bachelor of Arts. While flipping through the pages I found some drafts of poems that I thought I’d share here. They aren’t fantastic (as they are only first drafts) but I couldn’t help but smile as…

So, I’ve been pretty quiet on the writing front this year, as I have just finished my first year as a high school English teacher. Let me tell you, my level of respect for writers who hold down full-time jobs has increased exponentially. Most of my time outside of the classroom was spent either, doing…

At the start of this year, I was pretty over editing my novel, for what felt like the millionth time. Now I’ve had about four months of agonising postgraduate diploma taking up all my time and brain space I am super keen to get back to my writing. Unfortunately, I still have a long wait…

Today as part of my course to become an English teacher I reviewed the list of approved texts that are part of the West Australian curriculum. What I saw were old books, mostly by white people, that are no longer relevant to the students who are studying them. While I’m sure that there can be…

I’m sure this is not news to most of you. Out of all the work you put into a novel, less than 20% of it is the first draft (unless you are one of those wiz bang writers than can churn out a polished first draft and send it on its way). Lately, I feel…