One of the most interesting female characters I've written about was Meg Riddoch, the lead character in 'The Thompson Gunner'. Nick Earls characterfemalegunner Change image and share on social
You can have your own language. You can have your own dialect; you can have your own way of saying things, but if you don't actually understand the way the language fits together, it's chaos. Nick Earls chaosdialectfit Change image and share on social
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 life and a chance for new stories to appear, freed from the constraints of paper publishing. Nick Earls bookchanceconstraint share on social
I think one of the things the writers' festival does that is very good is that it brings writers from around the world and around the country and locally and puts them all in the one spot together, and that's what a lot of the world's great writers' festivals do. Nick Earls bringcountryfestival share on social
When I was about eight, I realised the person whose name was on the book got money for it, and it seemed almost too good to be true that you could get paid for making things up. Nick Earls bookgoodmake Change image and share on social