Vanessa McCausland is a Sydney based author, and she was last on the podcast not long after her second novel, The Valley of Lost Stories, came out, when she spoke to Pam about writing dual timelines. Since then, Vanessa has published two subsequent books, The Beautiful Words and Dreaming in French. 

Like many writers, books were her magical escape portals, and she spent her early years soaking up as many as she possibly could. Writing provided a similar escape, and now she loves nothing more than disappearing into the fictional world of the book she is writing. Vanessa's stories always feature a mystery or an intrigue of some kind. Their pages abound with 'beautiful words', but she doesn't shy away from the darker side of life because in her words, "it's only through darkness that we really understand the quality of the light". 

In this episode Vanessa talks about the inspiration for the characters in Dreaming in French, her writing process for this book, dual timelines, what she does when she comes up against a wall or a block, the challenges that she had in writing the book how she handled trying to get across the sense of the French voice in the story. And lots more!

This is a great episode for readers, but there is also so much writing craft chat for the writers. So sit back and grab a cuppa, or maybe pop on your headphones and go for a walk, and enjoy this episode of Writes4Women.



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This episode produced by Pamela Cook for Writes4Women on unceded Dharawal land.

Vanessa McCausland is a Sydney based author, and she was last on the podcast not long after her second novel, The Valley of Lost Stories, came out, when she spoke to Pam about writing dual timelines. Since then, Vanessa has published two subsequent books, The Beautiful Words and Dreaming in French. 
Like many writers, books were her magical escape portals, and she spent her early years soaking up as many as she possibly could. Writing provided a similar escape, and now she loves nothing more than disappearing into the fictional world of the book she is writing. Vanessa's stories always feature a mystery or an intrigue of some kind. Their pages abound with 'beautiful words', but she doesn't shy away from the darker side of life because in her words, "it's only through darkness that we really understand the quality of the light". 
In this episode Vanessa talks about the inspiration for the characters in Dreaming in French, her writing process for this book, dual timelines, what she does when she comes up against a wall or a block, the challenges that she had in writing the book how she handled trying to get across the sense of the French voice in the story. And lots more!
This is a great episode for readers, but there is also so much writing craft chat for the writers. So sit back and grab a cuppa, or maybe pop on your headphones and go for a walk, and enjoy this episode of Writes4Women.
 
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This episode produced by Pamela Cook for Writes4Women on unceded Dharawal land.

Writes4Women is all about celebrating women's voices and supporting women writers. It's about writing the voice, reading the voice and being the voice. Every week host Pamela Cook, or a special guest host, interviews an outstanding female, trans or non-binary author about their books, writing process and life. Transcript available via the Writes4Women website. Video of most episodes available on the Writes4Women youtube channel. You can find out more about Writes4Women at www.writes4women.com

Writes4Women is all about celebrating women's voices and supporting women writers. It's about writing the voice, reading the voice and being the voice. Every week host Pamela Cook, or a special guest host, interviews an outstanding female, trans or non-binary author about their books, writing process and life. Transcript available via the Writes4Women website. Video of most episodes available on the Writes4Women youtube channel. You can find out more about Writes4Women at www.writes4women.com

Celebrating Women's Voices and Supporting Women Writers

Writes4Women

Writes4Women is all about celebrating women's voices and supporting women writers. In weekly episodes women's fiction author Pamela Cook and an all-star cast of guest hosts talk to women writers about the craft, business and heart of writing, along with a monthly feature on a new release author. If you're a writer you'll love the writing conversation and tips shared by the talented guests and if you're a reader you'll get a great insight into the writing process. Subscribe to the PamelaCook/Writes4Women mailing list via the website and check out the Patreon bonuses while you're there. And don't forget to follow the podcast on your favourite platform or find the audio and video wt writes4women.com

Writes4Women is all about celebrating women's voices and supporting women writers. In weekly episodes women's fiction author Pamela Cook and an all-star cast of guest hosts talk to women writers about the craft, business and heart of writing, along with a monthly feature on a new release author. If you're a writer you'll love the writing conversation and tips shared by the talented guests and if you're a reader you'll get a great insight into the writing process. Subscribe to the PamelaCook/Writes4Women mailing list via the website and check out the Patreon bonuses while you're there. And don't forget to follow the podcast on your favourite platform or find the audio and video wt writes4women.com

Host Pamela Cook chats to Vanessa McCausland about her latest release Dreaming in French.

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