Cheryl Wright - Award Winning Australian Author

	I'm an Australian author,freelance journalist, and editor. My publication credits include (but are not limited to): Australian Target Magazine, Judas Ezine, Without a Clue, Romancing the Word, Chinwag, Images, Romancing Australia, Outlook, Poets Journey, Women on Writing, Fiction Factor, Write Success, Too Write, Write Craft, Bobbing Around,  Australian PA, The Grande,
Writing Australia, Writer’s Weekly, The Grapevine, Absolute Write, Bad GirlsPress, Writer’s Craft Web, L-Edit Slip, The Writer’s Room Magazine, Writer’s Break, Voices Anthology, and Arabella Magazine.

For six years I was editor-in-chief of a staff magazine, and spent several years as editor for a local not-for-profit newsletter. I do freelance editing and spent two years as a freelance book editor for an overseas publishing house.

I've judged many (fiction) writing competitions, and wrote a monthly travel article for a magazine in the US for three years. I've had copious articles for writers published, covering techniques for both fiction and non-fiction. Many of those can be found on this site, and I'll be adding to those as time permits.

In addition to being multi-published in non-fiction articles, short stories, poetry and humour articles, I am the author of best selling ebooks Think Outside the Square: Writing Publishable (Short) Stories, I Wanna Win! - Tips for Becoming an Award Winning Writer and my latest book Outside the Square Fiction Workshop. You can check out all my books by clicking here. I also conduct online fiction workshops when time permits, as well as presenting workshops to conferences, libraries, schools, and writer's groups.

My debut novel Saving Emma was released January 1, 2005 and was #9 bestseller (February 2005) #7 bestseller (May 2005) Publisher's Pick (August 2005) and #3 bestseller (August 2005) - all of which make me incredibly happy. My contract with this publisher has finished, and the book is to be re-released by The Wild Rose Press - I don't have a release date as yet.

Oh, and another book was released December 2005 - this one entirely different.  It's called A Very Aussie Christmas, and includes all of my favourite Christmas recipes, most of which have been in my family for many years - some for generations.

I also contributed to an anthology about cancer called Cancer: A Personal Challenge. Both my parents died from lung cancer, so the subject is very dear to my heart. You can read about the book here.

In addition to that book, I've also contributed to several non-fiction books, including Writer Profits: How I Got the Gig, Volume I . My story was the lead in that book, and I was paid US$500 for the priviledge!

Another book scheduled for release is The Write Resources. This book full of tips and resources for writers.  Practically all the resources in the book are free, and most are on the internet.  This book is to be published by Central Avenue Press. Date TBA.

I also write for businesses, more commonly known as copywriting.  This is a very lucrative form of writing.  You can learn more about it here.

What else can I tell you? Hmmmm..... maybe that around seven years ago I had not been published? Perhaps you'd like to know that I have a debilitating lung disease and a major immune deficiency. I have four-weekly transfusions for the latter, and have to be hospitalised with pneumonia at least once a year, but I don't let any of this stop me.

If I can do it, you can too!

Cheryl

Pssssst! If you’d like to check out my author website click here

And if you’d like to find out what my greatest achievement in life has been, surf over to my AuthorsDen site. You'll find lots of examples of my work there, too.

If you'd like to know more about this website - how it began and what resources it has - click here.

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