Short Story Review: If You're Happy
“His heart keeps his own rhythm, strong and steady, like it might just beat forever." Fiona Robertson I have this weekend routine. I wake...
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Valerie G Miller
- Jul 2
- 4 min
How I’m an author with a full time job?
"You should write because you love the shape of stories and sentences and the creation of different words on a page. Writing comes from...
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Valerie G Miller
- Mar 31
- 3 min
Italians in Australia. That’s Amore!
Italy is a dream that keeps returning for the rest of your life Anna Akhmatova Buongiorno, mi chiamo Valeria Gisella. G’day, my name is...
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Valerie G Miller
- Feb 14
- 3 min
7 celebration cocktails with a romantic twist
"When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible." ...
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Valerie G Miller
- Oct 30, 2021
- 4 min
What are my writing tools?
"You can make anything by writing." C.S. Lewis Ever wonder how your favourite author creates their book? I would love to share the tools...
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Valerie G Miller
- Oct 14, 2021
- 2 min
A new direction in writing Romance stories 🌸
She couldn’t keep her colours inside the lines, so she drew new lines. Anonymous The meaning of ‘journey’ as a noun is: Any course or...
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Valerie G Miller
- Aug 15, 2021
- 3 min
August, September and October 2021 Short Story Competitions
You can make anything by writing. C.S. Lewis A happy-winter-is-nearly-over greeting to you if you are in the southern hemisphere or...
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Valerie G Miller
- Jul 17, 2021
- 5 min
How to maintain your social media profile and still have time to write?
Social media is not a media. The key is to listen, engage, and build relationships. David Alston When I started on my journey to become a...
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Valerie G Miller
- Jun 12, 2021
- 4 min
Which publishing option is best for your book?
The future of publishing is to have connection to readers and the knowledge of what those readers want. Seth Godin I have...
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Valerie G Miller
- May 2, 2021
- 2 min
June and July 2021 Short Story Competitions
“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.” Douglas Adams I don’t know about you, but I always seem to find a...
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Valerie G Miller
- Apr 3, 2021
- 3 min
Passionate about Podcasts
Listening to podcast, reading a book, listening to an audiobook and watching films isn't waste of time. It's how somebody becomes wise!...
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Valerie G Miller
- Mar 7, 2021
- 5 min
What’s in a name?
What's in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet. William Shakespeare (Romeo and...
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Valerie G Miller
- Feb 6, 2021
- 5 min
New beginnings
Every moment is a fresh beginning. T.S. Eliot The new year has started, which means new goals, new habits to build, old habits to break...
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Valerie G Miller
- Dec 28, 2020
- 1 min
Australian Women Writers Challenge 2021
The Australian Women Writers Challenge begins again this year on 1 January 2021 and will conclude on 31 December 2021. You can sign up...
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Valerie G Miller
- Dec 25, 2020
- 1 min
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas
I will be taking a holiday break. My first post for 2021 will be available on Saturday 7 February. In 2021, a new blog article will...
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Valerie G Miller
- Dec 19, 2020
- 5 min
Why a pseudonym?
I suggest to my students that they write under a pseudonym for a week. That allows young men to write as women, and women as men. It...
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Valerie G Miller
- Dec 12, 2020
- 5 min
The Autumn of my Dreams
People say, 'What advice do you have for people who want to be writers?' I say, they don't really need advice, they know they want to be...
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Valerie G Miller
- Dec 5, 2020
- 3 min
Twelve Rejections ... coming of age as a writer
I love my rejection slips. They show me I try. Sylvia Plath I read an article about a writer whose goal was to receive 100 rejections in...
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Valerie G Miller
- Nov 28, 2020
- 3 min
Miss Muse ... why are you so fickle?
Inspiration is the windfall from hard work and focus. Muses are too unreliable to keep on the payroll. Helen Hanson Muse. A noun. There...
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Valerie G Miller
- Nov 21, 2020
- 3 min
Great first lines that get you hooked
Reading a novel is a journey. A great novel can entice you into a wonderful new world filled with great characters, events and emotions....
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