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
Season 1. Episode 11: Nikki Gemmell
Craig and Irma talk about what you write on your immigration card and when you first feel like a ‘real’ writer.
Then Irma talks to Nikki Gemmell about the trauma of being outed for The Bride Stripped Bare, the importance of re-drafting and harsh edits, how words can change the world, the creep of imposter syndrome even when you have published a ton of books, dealing with vicious criticism, and how a leather-bound volume of Jane Eyre changed Nikki’s life.
About Nikki
Nikki Gemmell is a bestselling author of thirteen works of fiction and five non-fiction books, and is a regular columnist for Weekend Australian Magazine. Her work has received international critical acclaim and been translated into 22 languages. In 2007, the French literary magazine Lire included her in a list of the 50 most important writers in the world.