Season 3: Genre shifts, giving crime victims agency and the value of a short bio

While maintaining that ice skating is ‘not natural at all’ and ‘bullshit’, Mandy Beaumont makes it round the rink in inimitable style. Mandy and Tania discuss the reasons for Mandy’s move from literary fiction to crime, the importance of giving victims a voice – ‘these women contain multitudes’ – and setting a novel in the 80s. Who remembers dewberry perfume?

Tania manages to persuade Mandy to let go of the edge, and even glide a little, while Lucinda succeeds in getting Tania to demonstrate a dramatic fall on ice.

Mandy’s new crime novel, The Thrill of It, will be out across Australia and New Zealand with Hachette Publishing in March 2025.

Visit Mandy’s website here.

SEASON THREE: MARCH/JUNE 2025

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Clad in an iridescent lilac padded jacket openly coveted by Lucinda, “mystery crime and young adult action thriller” author Erina Reddan makes it more than once around the rink. She and Tania discuss mystery writing, method, project choice and that moment Erina realised she MAY have been brought up in a cult. #vlog #writing #writingcommunity #writingtips #authors

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Writers on Ice Interview author Erina Reddan

Despite a few nerves, R.W.R. (Rob) McDonald manages eight rounds of the ice, even travelling backwards – well, technically anyway. Lucinda quizzes Rob on how it feels to straddle two worlds (writing crime and writing for children), which writer group is the most fun to hang out with, and how he comes up with the BEST protagonists and book titles. Visit Rob’s (R.W.R. McDonald’s) website here.

Despite a few nerves, R.W.R. (Rob) McDonald manages eight rounds of the ice, even travelling backwards – well, technically anyway.

Lucinda quizzes Rob on how it feels to straddle two worlds (writing crime and writing for children), which writer group is the most fun to hang out with, and how he comes up with the BEST protagonists and book titles.

Visit Rob’s (R.W.R. McDonald’s) website here.

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Podcasts, protagonists and pretty pictures with R.W.R. McDonald

Somehow, Tania and Lucinda have managed to schedule an interview during the school holidays. The rink is PACKED. Luckily, established crime author J.P. Pomare is as confident on the ice as he is with his prose. After a few hectic laps, Tania manages to catch up with J.P. to chat writing about race and class, the distractions of reviews and events, ‘second book syndrome’ and designer dinkuses. An open and lively conversation with an amiable talent! #vlog #writing #writingcommunity #writingtips #authors

Somehow, Tania and Lucinda have managed to schedule an interview during the school holidays. The rink is PACKED. Luckily, established crime author J.P. Pomare is as confident on the ice as he is with his prose. After a few hectic laps, Tania manages to catch up with J.P. to chat writing about race and class, the distractions of reviews and events, ‘second book syndrome’ and designer dinkuses. An open and lively conversation with an amiable talent!

#vlog #writing #writingcommunity #writingtips #authors

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Writers on Ice (Lucinda Gifford and Tania Chandler) interview author J.P. Pomare

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