Writing Podcast Episode 732: Leearna Shaw takes us to 'A Farm in Golden Clouds'

With a mountain of rejections, AWC grad Leearna Shaw was ready to throw in the proverbial towel with her dream of novel writing. But just a few years later, her rural romance A Farm in Golden Clouds wins the Romance Writers of Australia’s Emerald Award and she lands a 2-book publishing deal! So what happened in the middle to set this success story in motion? In this episode, Leearna shares it all.

00:00 Welcome

09:10 Writing tip: Help other writers

11:48 Writers in the wild

13:08 WIN: Realms of Gold by A.J. MacKinnon

14:48 Word of the week: ‘Heirophant’

15:40 Interview with: Leearna Shaw

17:00 Description of A Farm in Golden Clouds

18:15 Inspirations for the book

20:22 Her early writing dreams

22:20 Getting rejections

24:00 Discovering AWC courses