Belinda Alexandra on The Italian Correspondent, Research, and Writing Through Rejection

This week on The Convo couch Pam chats to Belinda Alexandra, author of 12 bestselling novels including her latest release The Italian Correspondent. Belinda discusses her storytelling roots in her mother’s White Russian/China wartime experiences and her father’s Australian life, her early writing, travel influences, 10 years of rejections before White Gardenia was published in 2002, and a whole lot more.

Pam also talks new releases and gives an update on the Writes4Women Main Character Deep Dive challenge.

00:30 Podcast Updates and Festivals

02:56 Substack Writing Challenge

05:22 New Books on the Shelf

10:55 Meet Belinda Alexandra

13:35 Family Stories and Writing Roots

21:54 Travel Letters and Inspiration

25:54 First Novel and Rejections

31:33 Imposter Syndrome and Craft

34:07 Pushing Through the Dip

34:55 Inside The Italian Correspondent

39:35 Plotting vs Characters Taking Over

42:30 Writing Better Men on the Page

44:55 Three Loves Romance Twist

51:23 Drafting Perfectionism and Mess

56:07 Longevity in Publishing

57:51 Perseverance Through Industry Change

01:00:28 Quality Over Speed

01:02:01 Wrap Up and Bonus Chat

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