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Eleni Hale's first novel Stone Girl was published by Penguin Random House May, 2018. She was previously a reporter at the Herald Sun, a communications strategist for the union movement and has written for many print and online news publications. Her short story 'Fig' was published as part of the ABC’s 'In their Branches' project and she has received three Varuna awards. She lives in Melbourne and is currently working on her second book. ...more

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Eleni Hale Writer's block comes when I don't know what to write next. It sounds simple but I think things through. I imagine the scene and the characters and I w…moreWriter's block comes when I don't know what to write next. It sounds simple but I think things through. I imagine the scene and the characters and I walk around with them there until it comes to me. This has worked 100% of the time. My advice to someone with writer's block is focus on your story.(less)
Eleni Hale Writing is an escape hatch. It's often a lot more interesting than the real world and even though awful things happen in my books, writing relaxes me.…moreWriting is an escape hatch. It's often a lot more interesting than the real world and even though awful things happen in my books, writing relaxes me. Yes, weird(less)
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“I stare at my books but the words get up and run in circles so I can't catch their meaning.”
Eleni Hale, Stone Girl

“Where would I be without my rage?”
Eleni Hale, Stone Girl
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“If there was Armageddon tomorrow? Well, then all those school-goers would be the unschooled and I’d be in my element. Survival is all about circumstances and who’s prepared for the current situation”
Eleni Hale, Stone Girl

“It’s hard to be told to lighten up because if you lighten up any more, you’re going to float the fuck away.”
Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist: Essays

“Dazed moths dance above his head, drunk on porch light.”
Allayne L. Webster, The Centre of My Everything

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