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Fiona Stocker

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Fiona Stocker is an English / Australian author and freelance writer.

Her rural memoir Apple Island Wife – Slow Living in Tasmania was published by Unbound in 2018. She is a regular contributor to Forty South Tasmania magazine and her articles have appeared in other national and international publications. In 2015, her book about the history of farming women, A Place in the Stockyard, was published privately by Tasmanian Women in Agriculture.

Fiona is currently enrolled in the Master of Arts in Writing and Literature at Deakin University.

Raised in the UK, she now lives on five acres in the West Tamar Valley in northern Tasmania, Australia, with her family.

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Fiona Stocker Try to write every day, especially if you have a work in progress. Think about the time of day you feel most productive, and imagine yourself writing …moreTry to write every day, especially if you have a work in progress. Think about the time of day you feel most productive, and imagine yourself writing for fifteen minutes every day at that time. I'm a morning person, and I quite often sit up in bed before everyone else is awake, with my laptop on a breakfast table, and write. (less)
Fiona Stocker Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. I've just started re-reading it and it is unbelievably good. We're straight into the story, and the scene-setting a…moreWuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. I've just started re-reading it and it is unbelievably good. We're straight into the story, and the scene-setting and character building is so strong.
And something historical by Philippa Gregory. I've learned more about the history of England reading her books and Ken Follett than I did at school. This is my escapism.
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