<div>This special episode is brought to you in collaboration with <a href="https://www.yarravalleywritersfestival.com/">Yarra Valley Writers Festival</a> for the series I Didn't Plan it This Way: Conversations about misguided moments, failed ideas and books that stayed in the bottom draw.<br>
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In this conversation, Kate Mildenhall talks with writer and actor Michael Veitch (HELLSHIP) about failed interviews, horror gigs, bad reviews and the failures that put him on the right path.<br>
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Michael Veitch is one of the guests appearing at the 2021 Yarra Valley Writers Festival taking place July 16 - 18 in Warburton. Tickets and full program <a href="https://www.yarravalleywritersfestival.com/">here</a>. </div>

S4 Ep121: YVWF: I Didn't Plan it That Way with Jessie Tu

A podcast about the first time you...publish a book.

One part reality show, one part writers’ master class. Debut novelists Katherine Collette and Kate Mildenhall get practical advice from Australian writers on all the firsts: agents, editors, social media, reviews and if you need to get your nails done to match your book cover. And Kate makes Katherine spill the beans on all her feels in the lead up to the September launch of Katherine’s debut novel, The Helpline.

The First Time podcast is supported by partners RMIT University, Writers Victoria and ACT Writers Centre.