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Author Archives: annebuist
How to co-author a book (and have a holiday and keep fit)
When we (husband Graeme Simsion and I) do author talks about our joint book, Two Steps Forward, one of the most common questions is: How did you do it? One friend (four times divorced) was completely mystified we hadn’t killed … Continue reading
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Tagged camino, camino de santiago, Chemin Cluny, chemin d'assise, Two Steps Forward, Via Francigena
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On Homesickness…
On any long break away from Australia, it is inevitable that the idea of home and what it is, starts to reverberate around the subconscious. You either end up homesick—or realise that to some degree “home” is where you are … Continue reading
A Writing Pause
I’m in one of those incredibly lucky moments in my life that I am stopping (briefly) from writing (well, from books and editing) to just take breath. Everyone is freezing back home in Melbourne (my son returned there from … Continue reading
Parenting Assessments – Where Mental Illness meets Protective Services
As my work as a psychiatrist often inspires my books perhaps it’s not so surprising I’m talking next Tuesday for the Mental Health Foundation on the above topic – which is something my heroine Natalie King deals with in This … Continue reading
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What I was Reading…
Check it out at Meanjin here
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Tagged a long way from home, growing up Aborginal in Australia
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True Crime Podcasts—Why are We Addicted?
It started with Serial—someone suggested I listen and within ten minutes I was addicted. I knew people listened to podcasts and thought I didn’t have the time…since then, I’ve found plenty; every time I’m driving alone, and they have replaced … Continue reading
Getting to Know Yourself on a Greek Island
When I first embarked on training to be a psychiatrist I was on the verge of throwing away my medical training and returning to university to do an Arts course, and follow my passion to be a writer. I had … Continue reading
Lessons in Learning
What I loved first perinatal psychiatry and now love about writing, is that no matter how much you know (or think you know…), there is always so much more to learn. On the face of it, this is daunting. So, … Continue reading
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Do Lead Characters Need to be Like-able in Crime Books?
The New Yorker published an article (May 16 2013) that in the title posed the question ‘would you want to be friends with Humbert Humbert?’ (in case you haven’t read Lolita, the answer is no), and talked about reader’s resistance … Continue reading
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Tagged character like-ability, crime fiction, crime protagonists, crime series, gender and character, sisters in crime
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Which Walk in 2018?
The first incantation of our book out late last year, Two Steps Forward was called Walk to the Stars, referencing the meaning of ‘Compostela’ in the Camino’s destination, Santiago de Compostela, that stretched ahead of us for 87 days, over two … Continue reading
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