Don't be too concerned about the wingnut ears. Anxiety produces the wrong pheromones. Roll with the punches. Make time for life around your deep abiding need to write. Say Yes more, but not always. Say No enough that you have… — Nick Earls Copy Share Image
I grew up in a family full of strong women. A great aunt on my mother's side had been a matron on a hospital… — Nick Earls Copy Share Image
I think one of the things the writers' festival does that is very good is that it brings writers from around the world and… — Nick Earls Copy Share Image
My maternal grandmother was the longest-lived of my grandparents. She migrated to Australia in her 80s and lived into her 90s. It was great… — Nick Earls Copy Share Image
I want my fiction to feel real most of the time, so it makes sense to pay attention to life and to how people… — Nick Earls Copy Share Image
The writing can be its own reward, as you discover more things that you can do. It counts a lot, though, when a story… — Nick Earls Copy Share Image
Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen has been the Queensland premier the whole time we've been in Australia, and the state is a national joke for having… — Nick Earls Copy Share Image
One of the things that makes characters real is details. Life offers a lot of details. You just have to choose and use them… — Nick Earls Copy Share Image
Don't write poems to make girls like you, because it will not make them like you but it will give them something to quote… — Nick Earls Copy Share Image
One of the most interesting female characters I've written about was Meg Riddoch, the lead character in 'The Thompson Gunner'. — Nick Earls Copy Share Image
“It’s your crap that’s endearing. It’s the basis of any relationship, way beyond even the choice of who wins on to whom. It’s crap… — Nick Earls Copy Share Image
I actually find it pretty tedious when magazines ask me to write articles based on my real life, because I've already lived it and… — Nick Earls Copy Share Image
E-books present the greatest opportunity readers have ever had to find each other. It's a chance for stories written for paper to find new… — Nick Earls Copy Share Image
I'm a plotter. A thinker, a note-maker, a mapper and a flow-charter. I'm up for using any device that will teach me more about… — Nick Earls Copy Share Image
Are You Seeing Me? is written powerfully with both the heart and the head, and neither gives an inch. It's funny, moving and hugely… — Nick Earls Copy Share Image
When I was about eight, I realised the person whose name was on the book got money for it, and it seemed almost too… — Nick Earls Copy Share Image
