Secrets from the Green Room
In each episode of the Secrets from the Green Room podcast hosts Irma Gold and Karen Viggers chat with a writer about their experience of the writing and publishing process in honest green room-style, uncovering some of the plain and simple truths, as well as some of the secrets – whether they be mundane or salubrious – and having a lot of fun in the process.
Secrets from the Green Room
Latest Episodes
Season 8: Episode 88: Melanie Cheng
Karen and Irma chat about AI dangers for writers, including scam emails and why publishers hate writers using AI proofreading software to 'polish' their work.Then Irma chats to Melanie Cheng about how a nosey friend resulted in an ...
Season 8: Episode 87: Alice Pung
Irma and Karen talk about the importance of the major dramatic question in writing fiction, and what they’ve been reading lately in Book Chat.Then Karen talks to Alice Pung about Alice’s unusual process of writing her first book in close...
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Season 7: Episode 86: Virginia Haussegger
Irma and Karen make an exciting announcement about the future of the podcast, then discuss a cautionary tale involving a freelance editor and AI. Then Karen talks to journalist and feminist author Virginia Haussegger about how she b...
Season 7: Episode 85: Debut author series: Sarah Walker and Sam Elliott
Irma and Karen talk about starting your novel with a bang to get readers’ attention.Then in our new occasional series, Karen talks to debut novelists Sarah Walker and Sam Elliott about the process of getting their first books published, ...
Season 7: Episode 84: Festival directors: Corrie Perkin and Veronica Sullivan
Karen and Irma chat about how to decide on the POV(s) for a novel, and how to listen to what the book itself wants to be.Then Irma talks to Melbourne Writers Festival Director Veronica Sullivan and Sorrento Writers Festival Director Corr...
