Collaborative writing is fairly rare in the world of publishing – and writing while working alongside each other in a bookshop cafe is even rarer! But that was exactly how friends and workmates Clayton Zane Comber and Conor McCammon went about co-authoring their new junior fiction illustrated adventure, The Marvellous Submarine. In this episode, they share their experience creating the story together, illustrating it and getting it published.

00:00 Welcome
05:32 Writing tip: Using paintings as a writing prompt
06:54 WIN!: The Verifiers by Jane Pek
09:27 Word of the week: ‘Blatherskite’
10:40 The world of words: ‘Thank you’
12:25 Writers in residence: Clayton Zane Comber and Conor McCammon
13:40 Describing The Marvellous Submarine
14:30 The inspiration for the project
17:33 Writing for a particular age group
19:59 How sharing the writing worked
24:53 The inconsistencies of bizarre worlds
25:49 Conor on illustrating the book
29:27 The defining moment of the project
31:49 Their publishing journey
35:30 The book promotion experience
39:53 Advice for aspiring authors
42:45 Upcoming projects
44:44 Final thoughts

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Collaborative writing is fairly rare in the world of publishing &ndash; and writing while working alongside each other in a bookshop cafe is even rarer! But that was exactly how friends and workmates Clayton Zane Comber and Conor McCammon went about co-authoring their new junior fiction illustrated adventure, The Marvellous Submarine. In this episode, they share their experience creating the story together, illustrating it and getting it published.
00:00 Welcome 05:32 Writing tip: Using paintings as a writing prompt 06:54 WIN!: The Verifiers by Jane Pek 09:27 Word of the week: &lsquo;Blatherskite&rsquo; 10:40 The world of words: &lsquo;Thank you&rsquo; 12:25 Writers in residence: Clayton Zane Comber and Conor McCammon 13:40 Describing The Marvellous Submarine 14:30 The inspiration for the project 17:33 Writing for a particular age group 19:59 How sharing the writing worked 24:53 The inconsistencies of bizarre worlds 25:49 Conor on illustrating the book 29:27 The defining moment of the project 31:49 Their publishing journey 35:30 The book promotion experience 39:53 Advice for aspiring authors 42:45 Upcoming projects 44:44 Final thoughts
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Everything you’ve always wanted to know about succeeding in the world of writing and publishing. Learn practical writing techniques, go behind-the-scenes and discover how real-life authors got their big break. Uncover the creative processes of writers who have made it. Your host is Valerie Khoo – author, journalist, creative and CEO of the Australian Writers’ Centre. 

Everything you&rsquo;ve always wanted to know about succeeding in the world of writing and publishing. Learn practical writing techniques, go behind-the-scenes and discover how real-life authors got their big break. Uncover the creative processes of writers who have made it. Your host is Valerie Khoo &ndash;&nbsp;author, journalist, creative and CEO of the Australian Writers&rsquo; Centre.&nbsp;

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