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Carolyn Wren was born in London and lives in Western Australia with a husband she adores and a very neurotic cat named Lucky.

Carolyn doesn’t like to limit herself to one genre, preferring to let her characters take control. The resulting stories can range from light-hearted comedic contemporary through to action packed romantic suspense and emotion driven urban fantasy. Because she’s a true romantic at heart, one thing remains constant in all her books, she loves a happy ending.

Since she woke up at 3am with a scene in mind and hurriedly scribbled it down in 2009 she’s written 21 books, garnered 23 award nominations and nine winner’s trophies.

In this episode of Not the Plot Carolyn speaks about her creative process, path to publication and finding her tribe. She also shares sound advice on realising that writing dream.

Find out more about Carolyn on the following links:

https://carolynwren.com/

https://www.facebook.com/carolynwrenauthor/

https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B00A2YJB2C

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Stephen Crabbe’s ancestors were among the first colonists of South Australia, where he lived for most of his life. From his earliest years he loved language and music in many forms, and this led to formal study and qualifications in both. He was also active in a variety of sports. When Stephen took up education as a profession, it was no surprise to anyone that he often specialised in teaching Music, Physical Education or Language Arts. Writing was always a compulsion and he has had articles published and scripts used for screen productions. The focus of his writing these days is historical fiction. Stephen now lives in Western Australia where, outside of writing, he is a competitive sprinter in Masters Athletics.

In this episode of Not the Plot he chats with host Teena Raffa-Mulligan about why he writes historical fiction, his creative process and what he hopes readers will take away from his stories.

For more information about Stephen and his historical fiction series visit his website at Stephen Crabbe--author or visit his Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/stephen.crabbe.77

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Find out more about Not the Plot host Teena Raffa-Mulligan at https://www.teenaraffamulligan.com or follow her FB author page https://www.facebook.com/TeenaRaffaMulligan You can also sign up for her occasional newsletter at http://bit.ly/2gqsJz3

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Kym Langfield is an author, illustrator, teacher and counsellor. She has illustrated a range of picture books, including my picture book Solo Dan about a foster child finding his forever home. Her artwork, stories and poems have featured in anthologies and her growing list of publications includes a novella for children. This year marks the start of an exciting new creative venture for Kym, who is now the happy business owner of Splashes & Puddles and is sharing her joy and passion for art with young people by offering visual arts classes. When Kym isn’t working, she loves reading, going on adventures in nature with her family and walking her energetic mischievous dog.

In this episode of Not the Plot, Kym shares where she finds inspiration for her art and writing, her illustration process and her greatest challenge in living a creative life. She highlights the benefits of artistic expression, especially for young people, and offers tips to aspiring creators.

Find out more about Kym on the following links:

https://www.facebook.com/kymlangfield/

https://www.instagram.com/kymlangfield.authorillustrator/

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Find out more about Not the Plot host Teena Raffa-Mulligan at https://www.teenaraffamulligan.com or follow her FB author page https://www.facebook.com/TeenaRaffaMulligan You can also sign up for her occasional newsletter at http://bit.ly/2gqsJz3