Category: Coming-up

Still excited from reading Vikki’s compelling and gripping novel, ‘The Unbelieved’, Lucinda quizzes Vikki on how she ‘got into crime’, how to ensure all the plot points tie up, and why you should never park next to a white van. On the ice and far, far from her comfort zone, Vikki circumnavigates the rink with… Continue reading Plotting, police procedure and gateway reading for crime writers with Vikki Petraitis

‘Muscle Memory is a very good thing.’ She may not have skated since her teens, but soon Angela Meyer is happily whirling around the rink while Tania reads aloud from ‘Joan Smokes’, winner of the inaugural Mslexia Novella Award (UK) and described as a ‘beautifully rendered work of literature’. Angela and Tania discuss writing technique, poetry,… Continue reading Succinct, ‘experimental commercial’, gothic, poetic. All the writing… with Angela Meyer

Tania does her best to get the sneaky low-down on other (famous) writers. But Cora Roberts – Senior Publicist at Text Publishing – is: a) way too professional to blab, and b) too steady on her skates to slip up verbally or physically (though, at one point, she does nearly take both Tania and herself… Continue reading Publicity tours, buy-ups and ‘Icebreaker’ with Cora Roberts

Tania tells Lucinda an ‘exciting new guest’ will be at the rink and that Tania will be asking the questions. So Lucinda arrives at Ice HQ in ‘filming gear’ (padded pants, a dorky jacket and no makeup) only to discover that SHE is the interviewee. Luckily, Tania has lots of distracting questions lined up. This… Continue reading Projects, publishers and padded pants with Lucinda Gifford

Writer, crafter and all-round ‘family woman’ Kate Solly lets go of the barrier immediately after setting foot on the ice. Lucinda wickedly demands Kate give an elevator pitch for her latest novel The Paradise Heights Craft Store Stitch-up mere seconds later. Poor Kate is still learning to shuffle, but she rises to the challenge in… Continue reading Season 3: Problem solving, backstory and ‘mushy middles’ with Kate Solly