Sharyn Swanepoel

Sharyn Swanepoel Sep 26, 2025

40 years of dreams now a reality

Today marks 10 years since I married the love of my life. We’ve already marked this anniversary, the day I married the…

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Sharyn Swanepoel Apr 25, 2025

You don’t need to do it all on your own!

Writing is a solitary process, by nature. It takes a lot of tapping away at your computer to get the words down, not…

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Sharyn Swanepoel Dec 2, 2023

Time for a change?

It was around this time last year my husband was offered a new job. It was a fantastic opportunity, but it was also 1776…

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Sharyn Swanepoel Sep 11, 2022

Finding your people

I had been wanting to be a writer for so long, yet I didn’t know what sort of writer I was. I’d joined a number of…

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Sharyn Swanepoel Mar 18, 2022

Get WRITING

After years of writing short stories (and that includes my time working as a journalist), I have spent several months…

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Sharyn Swanepoel Mar 28, 2021

Finding the competition

I was thrilled to be longlisted for the Adaptable program through Queensland Writers Centre this year. And while I…

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Sharyn Swanepoel Oct 18, 2020

The business of being an author

There’s more to this gig than just writing. What does it take to become an author? It’s more than coming up with a great…

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Sharyn Swanepoel Aug 31, 2020

Writing as a career

A change is as good as a …. new career. I have actually been writing as a job for over a decade. It’s funny to look back…

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