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Kelly"s Writerly Q&A

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November 2025 Q&A with Shaeden Berry on At Cafe 64

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2025/11/21

Welcome to Kelly's Writerly Q&A, a monthly blog series that is now a podcast! Listen to my 17th episode where I chat to Shaeden Berry, thriller author of At Cafe 64. This book will appeal to fans of Jodi Picoult. We discuss: Whether Shaeden is a planner or a pansterWhy Shaeden is drawn to highlighting certain charactersHow Shaeden cut this novel down from 120k to 90kWhy Shaeden forces herself to write every Sat and SunThe songs that inspired Shaeden's POV charactersTimers and how great th...

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17:58

July 2024 Q&A with R.W.R. McDonald on Happy Millionth...

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2025/11/14

FROM THE ARCHIVES 🎙 Welcome to Kelly's Writerly Q&A, a monthly blog series that is now a podcast! Listen to my 16th episode where I chat to R.W.R. McDonald, picture book author of Happy Millionth Birthday. This book is a fun book to read with little kids. We discuss: How Rob got his agentHow Rob uses YouTube for writing tipsRob's favourite writing courseThe importance of mentoringThank you for listening! *If you enjoy this podcast, please consider buying me a Ko-fi. Your support, big or

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17:51

December 2024 Q&A with Amy Freund on Amigo The Capybara

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2025/11/07

Welcome to Kelly's Writerly Q&A, a monthly blog series that is now a podcast! FROM THE ARCHIVES: Listen to my 15th episode where I chat to Amy Freund, picture book author of Amigo The Capybara. This book is perfect to be read to kindergarten kids or for early readers. We discuss: How long did the middle grade manuscript you're querying take to write?As someone who's worked as an editor, what tips do you have for writers perparing a middle grade manuscript?What can you tell me about ghostw...

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15:42

July 2024 Q&A with Casey Nott on Forgotten

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2025/10/31

FROM THE ARCHIVES 🎙️ Welcome to Kelly's Writerly Q&A, a monthly blog series that is now a podcast! Listen to my 14th episode where I chat to Casey Nott, contemporary fiction author of Forgotten. This book will appeal to fans of Kylie Orr. We discuss: The Hawkeye PrizeHolly BrunnbauerMedical researchBeta supportDrafting and editingThank you for listening! *If you enjoy this podcast, please consider buying me a Ko-fi. Your support, big or small, will help cover hosting and production

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19:26

October 2025 Q&A with Eileen O'Hely on 50 Ways To Die...

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2025/10/17

Welcome to Kelly's Writerly Q&A, a monthly blog series that is now a podcast!Listen to my 13th episode where I chat to Eileen O'Hely, middle grade author of graphic novel 50 Ways To Die In Space. This book will appeal to fans of Aaron Blabey's, The Bad Guys.We discuss:How Eileen worked humour into this book.Who is the ideal reader?The illustrator!Other 50 Ways To Die books that are in the works!How ideas come to Eileen.And the puppets Eileen made to level up her author talks!Thank

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18:40

September 2024 Q&A with Tess Woods on The Venice Hotel

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2025/10/03

Welcome to Kelly's Writerly Q&A, a monthly blog series that is now a podcast! Listen to my 12th episode where I chat to Tess Woods, commercial fiction author of The Venice Hotel. This book will appeal to fans of The White Lotus TV series. We discuss: How Twilight inspired Tess's 1st manuscriptWriting processHow to get an agentThe successful Festival of Fiction!Thank you for listening! *If you enjoy this podcast, please consider buying me a Ko-fi. Your support, big or small, will help cove...

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21:07

September 2025 Q&A with Jodie Fitzsimons on Wombat...

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2025/09/19

Welcome to Kelly's Writerly Q&A, a monthly blog series that is now a podcast! Listen to my 11th episode where I chat to Jodie Fitzsimons, picture book author of Wombat the Copycat. This book will appeal to fans of Nick Bland’s The Very Cranky Bear. We discuss: • Working under pressure and that end-of-year push • How Jodie approaches picture book writing • Writing on the kitchen table • Giving big ideas a crack...

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10:49

February 2024 Q&A with Kylie Orr on The Eleventh Floor

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2025/09/12

FROM THE ARCHIVES 🎙 Welcome to Kelly's Writerly Q&A, a monthly blog series that is now a podcast! Listen to my 10th episode where I chat to Kylie Orr, the most honest author you'll ever meet. Her second novel, The Eleventh Floor will appeal to fans of Sally Hepworth's, The Soulmate. We discuss: Her striking first line!About the book and synesthesiaWhen readers think your fiction is authorbiagraphicalDrafting and editingThank you for listening! *If you enjoy this podcast, please consider

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18:07

January 2024 Q&A with Rachael Johns on The Other Bridget

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2025/08/29

Welcome to Kelly's Writerly Q&A, a monthly blog series that is now a podcast! FROM THE ARCHIVES Listen to my 9th episode where I chat to Rachael Johns, 'The Undisputed Queen of Australian Women's Fiction' who's published over 20 novels, including The Other Bridget. This novel will appeal to fans of Bridget Jones's Diary. We discuss: Inciting IncidentsWhy The Other Bridget will appeal to writers and book loversWhat inspired her character, Fabio?How important the characters, Lola and Laura ...

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23:18

August 2025 Q&A with Holly Brunnbauer on What Did I...

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2025/08/22

Welcome to Kelly's Writerly Q&A, a monthly blog series that is now a podcast! Listen to my 8th episode where I chat to Holly Brunnbauer, debut rom-com author of What Did I Miss? This novel will appeal to fans of Rachael Johns, The Bad Bridesmaid. We discuss: How it feels to be a debut authorHolly's spectacular book launchTesting ideas with trusted friendsHolly's crazy writing timelineHow to keep going when you have never got a yesThank you for listening! *If you enjoy this podcast, please...

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14:05

August 2024 Q&A with Lisa Kenway on All You Took From Me

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2025/08/09

Welcome to Kelly's Writerly Q&A, a monthly blog series that is now a podcast! Listen to my seventh episode. This is another one from the archives, back when I chatted to Lisa Kenway, an anaesthetist and author of the psychological thriller, All You Took From Me. There's still so much value in this chat, as Lisa is full of Writerly tips! Her debut novel is Sons of Anarchy meets Flatliners. We discuss: Lisa's NaNoWriMo experience Rejection How Lisa found her trusted beta readers Thank you f...

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19:14

July 2025 Q&A with Rhonda Ooi on Ned Needs To Build

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2025/07/24

Welcome to Kelly's Writerly Q&A, a monthly blog series that is now a podcast! Listen to my sixth episode where I chat to Rhonda Ooi, children's author of I Am Not An Owl!, and Ned Needs To Build. These books will appeal to inquisitive little minds. We discuss: How does it feel to be publishing your 2nd picture book this year? What have you got instore for your Ned author event? Who inspired Ned? What did your year of edits look like? Do you write down ideas? Thank you for listening! With ...

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March 2024 Q&A with Anne Freeman on Me That You See

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2025/07/11

Welcome to Kelly's Writerly Q&A, a monthly blog series that is now a podcast! Listen to my fifth episode, this one is from the archives when I chatted to Anne Freeman, multi-award winning author of contemporary fiction. Me That You See is her second novel and there's still so much value in this chat. This book will appeal to fans of Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe. We discuss: How Anne was feeling on the eve of her second book launch. How Anne puts together the best book launche...

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13:24

June 2025 Q&A with K.M. Allan on Writing and Editing...

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2025/06/27

Welcome to Kelly's Writerly Q&A, a monthly blog series that is now a podcast! Listen to my fourth episode where I chat to K.M. Allan, author of a four-book YA Modern Fatasy Series, the best blogs on writing, and now Writing and Editing Checklists and a FREE ebook Authoring Checklists!! These books are a writers new best friend. We discuss: How Kate became a writer Blogging How fabulous Writing and Editing Checklists is The free ebook, Authoring Checklists Kate's favourite part of the writ...

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14:32

Feb 2025 Q&A with Jacqueline de Rose-Ahern on the...

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2025/06/13

Welcome to Kelly's Writerly Q&A, a monthly blog series that is now a podcast! Listen to my third episode where I chat to Jacqueline de Rose-Ahern, children's author of The Missing Book, and The Secret Ingredient from her new junior fiction series, Ariana Treasure. These books will appeal to fans of Sally Rippin's, Billie B Brown books. We discuss: The manuscript assessment that led to her first publishing contract. The dangers of over editing. The fabulous Story Creators Community How to ...

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14:53

May 2025 Q&A with Deb Jordan on The River Whispers

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2025/05/30

Welcome to Kelly's Writerly Q&A, a monthly blog series that is now a podcast! Listen to my second podcast episode where I chat to Deb Jordan, debut author of The River Whispers. Her women's suspense novel will appeal to fans of Holly Craig's, The Shallows. We discuss: Are you a plotter/planner or just a natural? How different was the earlier version of this manuscrirpt? Holly Craig's Write Club and Deb's favourite course. Who does the best flashback transitions? The beauty of harsh critiq...

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22:51

March 2025 Q&A with Camille Booker on The Woman In...

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2025/05/09

Welcome to Kelly's Writerly Q&A, a monthly blog series that is now a podcast! https://www.kellysgroi.com/blog Listen to my first podcast episode where I chat to Camille Booker, author of The Woman In The Waves. Her gothic historical fiction story will appeal to fans of Peaky Blinders and Robert Eggers' The Lighthouse. https://www.kellysgroi.com/blog/camillebooker We discuss: What research went into this novel? Deep POV - The 90-Day Novel and The Emotional Craft of Fiction Rejection ...

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