Liz Foster shares her journey from discovering writing as a creative outlet during recovery from breast cancer, to becoming a published author with The Good Woman's Guide to Making Better Choices. The podcast episode explores Liz’s habits and strategies for success, including the importance of setting micro-goals, maintaining a daily 1,000-word count, and finding support in the writing community. She shares her experience using Scrivener and how she handled editing and reducing the length of her manuscript.
00:00 Introduction and welcome 00:19 Special edition romance writing course 05:01 Nat Newman’s writing tip 19:46 Competition announcement 21:44 Word of the week: palimpsest 22:29 Interview with Liz Foster 30:21 The journey of writing the first novel 31:39 The importance of deadlines and motivation 32:03 The challenges of writing and the role of courses 32:28 The evolution of the author's novels 34:19 The process of writing The Good Woman's Guide to Making Better Choices 35:39 The role of setting in the novel 37:28 Building an author platform 40:29 The value of writing courses 43:32 Liz’s future plans 45:32 The genre and research behind the novel 50:14 The writing process and use of Scrivener 58:36 Keeping the faith and staying on course
Liz is a British-Australian fiction writer of stuff, viewed through a whimsical lens. After years doing all sorts of business and professional writing, she started making things up seven years ago during a long convalescence. Somehow the thought of going back to editing the fifty page ATO Report into dot points had lost its allure.
Liz has written a monthly column called Life’s Rich Pattern for the Village Observer, Lane Cove’s long running local paper, for six years. On issues that really matter, like what to do when you forget your shopping bags. A few features and interviews here and there as well.
