Carl Larsson, Model writing postcards, watercolor, 1906, Image via Wikipedia
Be prepared to cobble together a living from a patchwork of income sources, according to the panel of five who tackled the subject at the Australian Society of Authors National Writers’ Congress last week.
On the panel moderated by writer David Marr, were David Day, writer, historian and ASA chair; author and chief storyteller at the Australian Writers’ Centre, Pamela Freeman; literary agent Benython Oldfield; editor and co-director of the National Young Writers’ Festival Lex Hirst; and journalist, essayist and researcher Ben Eltham.