Episode 1

Episode 1 - Who are we and how on earth are we managing to write at the moment

Published on: 17th February, 2021

In the first episode of Not Too Busy To Write, Ali and Penny introduce themselves and how they came to writing and ask the big question - how the hell are they managing to write at the moment? This episode was recorded in London in January 2021 during lockdown (not, as Penny accidentally says, January 2001!!!) and between them Ali and Penny have a whole lot of kids and complications.

Books mentioned

Hamnet - Maggie O'Farrell

The Creative Habit - Twyla Tharp

The Rules Do Not Apply - Ariel Levy

Other links

Maggie O'Farrell interviewed by Stuart Kelly for EIBF


Ali can be found on Instagram @ali_millar_writes and via her website alimillar.com

Penny can be found on Instagram @pennywincer and via her website pennywincerwrites.com

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Not Too Busy To Write
Writing amongst life's many other demands
Penny Wincer is not too busy to write. Except of course, sometimes she is too busy to write as much as she would like. Join Penny as she has conversations with other writers about writing, publishing and creativity whilst juggling all the demands on them such as motherhood, caring and other paid work.

Penny Wincer is the author of Tender (Hodder, June 2020), a mother of two, a non-fiction writing coach and an Australian and long-term resident of London. She’s currently writing her second narrative non-fiction book, Home Matters (July 2024) and working on her first novel.

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Penny Wincer

Penny Wincer is the author of Tender: The Imperfect Art of Caring (Hodder, June 2020) and is a single parent to two kids, one of whom is disabled. She is also a non-fiction book coach and an Australian and long-term resident of London. She’s currently writing her second non-fiction book and working her first novel.