Not Just a Piece of Cake
Being an Author
Published on 1. May 2016
240 pages
978-1-925367-23-2 (ISBN)
Description
A memoir is only a slice of a life. This 'questory' (quest + history) covers more than the beloved cake-eating hippo. 'Not Just a Piece of Cake' is a candid memoir of the realistic process of the process of creativity, via anecdotes. 'Anecdultery' is a Hazel original term for story.
Hazel Edwards takes the reader behind the books. She shares the humour of a diverse work style and family life behind the beloved characters like the cake-eating hippo. Hippocampus is where memories are kept.
Collaborating with illustrators, performers, co-authors and even family, Hazel shares 'the process of the process of writing' and why storytelling matters culturally, and personally.
Hazel Edwards takes the reader behind the books. She shares the humour of a diverse work style and family life behind the beloved characters like the cake-eating hippo. Hippocampus is where memories are kept.
Collaborating with illustrators, performers, co-authors and even family, Hazel shares 'the process of the process of writing' and why storytelling matters culturally, and personally.
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Not Just a Piece of Cake Being an Author
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Content
- Intro
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Contents
- 1. Anecdultery
- 2. Deadlines
- 3. Back to School Day
- 4. Literary Speed Dating
- 5. Plateau of Boredom
- 6. Story Stealing
- 7. General Store
- 8. Fan Mail
- 9. Highlights of Hippo History
- 10. Choosing Apt Titles
- 11. Come and Meet My Camel
- 12. Is Writing Your Family Trade?
- 13. Family and Friends
- 14. Domestic Survival
- 15. Mentoring, Minties and Hazelnuts
- 16. Mystery Writing on Location
- 17. Do You Put Real People in Your Stories?
- 18. Banned
- 19. Participant Observation
- 20. Trekking in Nepal
- 21. Antarctic Writer on Ice
- 22. Ideas Addict
- 23. Why Collaborate?
- 24. Charitable Overload
- 25. Memorable Author Visit
- 26. On Tour
- 27. Writing Heroes for Kids
- 28. Not Just a Piece of Cake
