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I love talking with children about being an author, my books and where I get my inspiration from. This is a fun, interactive session with stories about my writing as a child the family history of writing, and how I became a children’s author. I discuss writing The Sun Sword Trilogy, a fantasy adventure series for boys and girls, for my own three children. My award winning time slip series including The Ivory Rose, The Forgotten Pearl and The Sequin Star, brings Australian history to life. More recently, my illustrated Lulu Bell series for younger readers was inspired by my own childhood living in a vet hospital. Fun stories, photographs and lively Q&A encourage kids to get excited about books and reading.
This highly entertaining session covers the stories behind the stories, family inspiration, life as an author and the creative writing process from ideas and research to publication. Belinda discusses writing some of her books from The Sun Sword Trilogy, a fantasy adventure series written for her own three children, to her award-winning Australian historical, time-slip […]
This dynamic session is an intensive creative writing immersion for high school students. Belinda’s presentation covers the stories behind the stories, inspiration from real life and family legends, life as an author and the creative writing process from inspiration, themes, voice and research to editing and polishing. Belinda discusses writing books such as her award-winning […]
This full day writing workshop is ideal for extension English students and talented writers. This program is designed to inspire and enthuse young writers through intensive writing exercises, planning and editing tips, sharing and feedback, character sketches, discussions, and Q&A sessions, with the emphasis on being fun, dynamic and interactive. Through these activities we explore […]
Fail to Plan. Plan to Fail. This creative writing workshops is a mixture of brainstorming games, lightning writing activities, plotting exercises, discussions, story creation, readings from children’s work and Q&A sessions, with the emphasis on being fun, dynamic and interactive. Through these activities we explore the elements of writing such as planning, plotting, dialogue, beginnings […]
My creative writing workshops are a mixture of brainstorming games, lightning writing activities, character sketches, discussions, story creation, readings from children’s work and Q&A sessions, with the emphasis on being fun, dynamic and interactive. Through these activities we explore the elements of writing such as character, setting, planning, plotting, dialogue, beginnings and endings. Brainstorming game […]