When you’re starting out as a writer, it can seem like there are a lot of things you’re just expected to simply know. So, how exactly do you earn money as a writer? How can you set up a regular time to write? Do you have to pay tax on your income? How much should you put aside for your super and how the hell does one write an invoice? This panel will be where to find out all the habits that make up a viable professional practice.




National Writers' Conference & Online
Establishing a Sustainable Practice
Saturday 17 June, 4:15pm
Zoom
Online, Via Zoom
Adolfo Aranjuez
Adolfo Aranjuez is an editor, writer, speaker and dancer.
Isobel Beech
Isobel Beech is a writer and editor living on Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung land.
Ellen O’Brien
Ellen is a Guringai (Garigal/Walkeloa) writer and editor living on Bidjigal land.
Sarah Walker
Sarah Walker is a writer, artist and photographed based in Naarm/Melbourne.
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