719. Alexandra Almond and Dani Vee - Thoroughly Disenchanted by Words and Nerds: Authors, books and literature.

720. The Writing Diaries With Sarah Bailey and Dani Vee by Words and Nerds: Authors, books and literature.

TAKEOVER Iain Ryan and Alex Dook - The Dream

718. Zanni Louise And Dani Vee - Hazel's Treehouse by Words and Nerds: Authors, books and literature.

717. Charlotte Barkla And Dani Vee - Let's Try Again Another Day by Words and Nerds: Authors, books and literature.

Dani and Kris talk about writing junior fiction, a passion for writing and cools things about animals

Best selling New Zealand author Rose Carlyle speaks with Alex about her new twisty thriller No One Will Know, sailing across the Indian Ocean, and how isolated settings are perfect for putting characters in perilBest selling New Zealand author Rose Carlyle speaks with Alex about her new twisty thriller No One Will Know, sailing across the Indian Ocean, and how isolated settings are perfect for putting characters in peril

Dani takes the listener on a journey from idea, to writing 50,000 words in a month for her adult commercial crime novel, and how this differs from writing kid's books.

The final NaNoWriMo episode is here!

We have a great chat about writing, our final word counts and how we got there. AL Tait brings the advice for what to do next!

We chat about:

⭐️ Creative solutions

⭐️ Character perspectives

⭐️ Backward planning

⭐️ John Cleese advice on creativity

⭐️ If you don’t know what to write, think about the next logical step

⭐️ What’s next for our manuscripts?

⭐️ Planners vs pantsers

⭐️ Writing comedy

Alex chats with Alan about his new novel Prize Catch which tackles the controversies surrounding the Tasmanian salmon industry and Australian war crimes in Afghanistan.