The Top 50 Australian Blogs for Writers

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Last updated: October 23rd, 2010

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# Title Writer PR Links Score Alexa Score Total Twitter
1 - Literary Minded Angela Meyer 7 18,287 97.70 27,225 100.00 92.85 LiteraryMinded
2 1 Westerblog Scott Westerfield 5 25,935 98.50 349,837 97.10 88.38  
3 9 Divine Write Glenn Murray 4 67,648 100.00 118,202 99.30 87.79 DivineWrite
4 - The Creative Penn Joanna Penn 5 8,957 91.80 153,992 98.60 85.48 thecreativepenn
5 1 Max Barry - He Writes Things Max Barry 5 65,377 99.20 1,292,031 84.50 84.95 MaxBarry
6 72 Hey Teenager Steph Bowe 5 14,912 97.00 1,707,944 83.00 83.40 stephbowe
7 1 Miscellaneous Adventures... Karen Andrews 4 8,932 91.10 597,314 94.90 82.02 Miscmum
8 17 Lisa Dempster Lisa Dempster 5 6,364 88.10 978,349 88.90 80.72 LisaDempster
9 11 Inside a Dog Edited by Lili Wilkinson 4 10,724 95.50 2,021,907 81.50 80.20 Twitofalili
10 5 CopyWrite Jonathan Crossfield 4 6,960 88.80 793,256 91.90 79.97 Kimota
11 68 Among Amid While Margo Lanagan 6 10,093 94.80 5,692,161 68.20 79.86 margolanagan
12 3 Romance Bandits Various Writers 4 9,983 94.00 2,274,606 80.80 79.24  
13 61 Jennifer Fallon Jennifer Fallon 4 9,233 92.50 1,804,840 82.30 78.94 JenniferFallon
14 3 The Word According to Me Alan Baxter 5 4,817 85.10 1,208,543 85.20 78.11 AlanBaxter
15 14 Misrule Judith Ridge 5 9,504 93.30 6,325,759 66.00 76.45 msmisrule
16 32 Books and Writing Sherryl Clark 5 6,214 86.60 3,744,914 76.30 76.19  
17 88 Head Vs Desk James Roy 5 6,255 87.40 4,571,236 71.90 75.27 jamesroy68
18 70 Marianne de Pierres Marianne de Pierres 4 12,851 96.20 9,644,163 56.30 72.99 mdepierres
19 8 Blurb from the Burbs Kath Lockett 4 4,336 82.90 2,858,408 77.80 72.79  
20 7 Marxist Horror Writer Benjamin Solah 4 8,351 89.60 6,769,756 63.80 71.94 benjaminsolah
21 4 Eglantine's Cake Penni Russon 5 8,922 90.30 10,203,200 54.10 71.38 eglantinescake
22 NEW Another Lost Shark Graham Nunn 5 2,519 73.30 3,521,378 77.10 69.78 Lost_Shark
23 NEW Into the Quiet Simonne Michelle 5 3,887 79.20 6,233,350 66.70 69.61 SimonneMW
24 7 Write Smart Pamela Wilson 4 3,673 77.70 4,027,015 74.10 69.08 writesmartpam
25 NEW Write It Sideways Suzannah Freeman 3 1,951 67.40 247,090 97.80 69.04 writeitsideways
26 19 Trevor's Writing Trevor Hampel 3 3,131 77.00 4,007,127 74.90 66.97 TrevorHampel
27 4 City of Tongues James Bradley 5 3,944 80.00 9,772,531 55.60 66.68 cityoftongues
28 21 Stories are Light Sandy Fussell 4 3,793 78.50 6,785,066 63.00 66.15 sandyfussell
29 36 The Other Adam Ford Adam Ford 5 2,907 76.20 9,062,827 60.00 66.10 adamatsya
30 16 A Writer's Life CJ Levinson 4 2,310 71.10 4,816,041 71.20 64.91 cjwriter
31 54 Andrew McDonald Andrew McDonald 5 1,250 52.50 821,539 91.20 63.61 andrewmcdonald
32 10 Speakeasy Aus Writer's Marketplace 5 1,570 59.20 2,700,917 79.30 63.39  
33 NEW Hexebart's Well Kim Wilkjins 5 5,447 85.90 23,306,169 33.40 62.97  
34 13 Nicola Marsh Nicola Marsh 3 4,533 73.80 13,179,524 64.20 62.16 NicolaMarsh
35 26 Christina Phillips Christina Phillips 3 2,606 84.30 6,705,064 48.60 62.73 christinaPh
36 12 About Writing Pace J Miller 4 1,462 56.20 1,202,436 86.00 61.90  
37 NEW Gabrielle Bryden's Blog Gabrielle Bryden 4 1,779 63.70 4,294,881 73.40 61.87 BrydenGabrielle
38 NEW Cassandra Jade in the Realm Cassandra Jade 3 2,490 72.50 7,754,467 60.80 60.49 Darkened_Jade
39 18 Not Enough Words Merrilee Faber  3 2,395 71.80 7,547,187 61.50 60.35 merrileefaber
40 NEW Slam Up Maxine Clark 5 4,254 47.70 No Data 93.30 59.84  
41 31 The Story So Far Sydney Writer's Centre 4 982 82.80 637,954 29.90 60.37 valeriekhoo
42 4 Anne Whitfield Anne Whitfield 4 2,683 75.50 13,357,515 46.70 59.76 Annewhitfield
43 25 Tom Cho Tom Cho 4 4,187 81.40 21,859,040 36.30 59.59 tom_cho
44 57 Sara Hantz Sara Hantz 4 4,749 70.10 No Data 53.00 58.95 sarahantz
45 32 Sheryl Gwyther - Author Sheryl Gwyther 4 2,277 85.00 10,568,748 29.90 59.47 sheryl_gwyther
46 16 We Love YA Various Authors 4 1,642 61.40 6,068,908 67.50 58.95  
47 21 Heart Harmony Ingrid Cliff 3 959 46.60 390,323 96.30 58.19 IngridCliff
48 23 Even in a Little Thing Gill Pollack 4 3,953 80.70 No Data 29.70 57.26  
49 7 Davey DreamNation David Prater 5 1,930 65.10 12,121,506 48.90 57.22  
50 NEW Tansyrr.com Tansy Rayner Roberts 4 1,366 54.00 5,119,540 70.40 56.12 tansyrr

The runners-up

But of course, there are more than 50 blogs on writing in Australia. Here are over 50 additional blogs that just missed out on the Top 50 but may climb through the ranks in future charts. There's plenty of undiscovered gems amongst these, so I recommend clicking through and subscribing to those that catch your attention. Maybe there's a new number one blog just waiting to be discovered.

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# Title Writer PR Links Score Alexa Score Total Twitter
51 33 The Rachel Papers Rachel Power 6 2,098 68.80 No Data 29.70 55.31  
52 10 Susanne Gervay's Blog Susanne Gervay 4 1,652 62.20 10,610,195 51.90 54.67 sgervay
53 13 A Passing Whisper Gabrielle Wang 3 1,004 48.80 2,636,135 80.00 54.40 GabrielleWang
54 NEW Ink Fever Amy Laurens 3 2,678 74.80 23,098,554 34.90 53.87 Inksie
55 13 The Well Read Rabbit Katherine Battersby 4 1,806 64.40 18,908,219 42.30 52.89 KathBatt
56 18 Typing Space Derek Motion 5 1,931 65.90 23,423,507 32.60 52.73 keredm
57 18 Christine Bongers Christine Bongers 5 1,521 57.70 13,805,837 45.20 52.41  
58 4 Musing of an Aussie Writer Brenton Tomlinson 4 2,113 69.60 No Data 29.70 51.71  
59 11 Ocean Without End Kelly Gardiner 4 2,084 68.10 No Data 29.70 50.96  
60 32 Global Copywriting Sarah Mitchell 3 515 66.40 613,984 29.70 50.11 globalcopywrite
61 6 Magic Casements Kirsty Murray 4 1,932 32.00 No Data 94.80 50.44 kirstymurray
62 30 The Story Department Karel Segers 3 639 36.20 1,469,665 83.80 49.24 ozzywood
63 28 Post-Teen Trauma Simmone Howell 4 1,689 62.90 No Data 29.70 48.36 postteen
64 7 Lili Wilkinson Lili Wilkinson 0 1,622 60.70 9,138,303 58.60 47.93 twitofalili
65 18 The Battersblog Lee Battersby 5 1,367 54.80 25,573,276 31.90 46.97 battersblog
66 NEW Girlie Jones Alisa Krasnostein 4 1,598 60.00 No Data 29.70 46.91 Krasnostein
67 39 Snappy Sentences Sally Bagshaw 3 407 56.70 1,064,676 38.90 46.02 snappysentences
68 44 Lust. Desire. Danger Lexxie Couper 3 1,506 27.60 21,010,196 88.90 46.47 lexxie_couper
69 NEW DoctorDi Diana Jenkins 4 1,530 37.50 No Data 69.20 45.51  
70 31 Too Askew Krissy Bradfield 3 1,059 58.90 11,705,413 29.90 46.42 krissyb
71 19 Carole Wilkinson - News & Blog Carole Wilkinson 3 681 50.70 5,334,715 50.00 46.35
72 29 Australian Romantic Suspense Bronwyn Parry 3 1,398 55.50 20,449,077 40.00 45.75 BronwynParry
73 NEW Becks and the City Rebecca Doyle 0 1,291 53.30 7,296,837 62.30 45.34 becksandthecity
74 40 Treasure's Tales Rachel Treasure 3 832 44.40 9,793,926 54.90 44.67  
75 NEW Musings from an Outer Spiral Arm Anthony Eaton 4 1,039 49.60 21,059,555 38.60 44.38 anthonyeaton
76 39 Content Writer Micky's Blog Micky Stuivenberg 4 240 17.70 853,088 89.70 43.76 contentwriteroz
77 25 Wordsearch Adair Jones 4 389 25.90 4,408,691 72.60 42.73  
78 NEW The Dialogue Chatterbox 0 482 38.80 829,865 56.80 42.44 no1chatterbox
79 NEW The Gum Wall Laurie Steed 3 710 31.30 9,539,643 91.10 42.98 LaurieSteed
80 26 Karen Collum Karen Collum 2 536 33.30 5,417,366 68.90 41.32 KarenCollum
81 28 Sami's Scribbles Sami Lee 3 1,239 51.80 No Data 29.70 40.81  
82 41 Christopher Copywriter's Blog Christopher Copywriter 4 102 50.30 671,988 28.60 39.73 ChrisCopywriter
83 7 Smart Fresh Writing Rebecca Leigh 3 223 8.90 1,190,969 93.30 40.44 Rebecca_Leigh
84 2 Outback Romance... Fiona Lowe 3 1,188 16.40 No Data 87.40 40.42 FionaLowe
85 25 Phillipa Fioretti Phillipa Fioretti 3 440 28.10 6,348,764 65.20 39.61 Weeflower
86 22 JenJen Jennifer Mills 3 963 47.40 27,027,877 30.40 38.82  
87 NEW Sally Rippin Sally Rippin 4 760 42.90 No Data 29.70 38.36  
88 NEW Fleur McDonald Fleur McDonald 3 446 41.30 9,492,071 28.60 37.23 fleurmcdonald
89 16 The Empty Page Qld Writer's Centre 5 80 45.10 2,721,641 28.60 37.13 qldwriters
90 27 Author Journal Wendy Orr 4 735 29.30 No Data 58.70 38.26 wendyorr
91 NEW Little Scribbler Anonymous (Little Scribbler) 3 885 8.20 No Data 79.70 38.01 LittleScribbler
92 33 William Kostakis William Kostakis 4 724 41.40 No Data 29.70 37.61 WilliamKostakis
93 25 Ramblings of a Romance Writing Mama Rachael Johns 2 766 43.70 21,347,983 37.80 37.19 RachaelJohns
94 1 Yvonne Lindsay's Weblog Yvonne Lindsay 3 832 44.40 No Data 29.70 37.11  
95 59 Graham Storrs Graham Storrs 3 459 30.30 10,609,575 52.60 36.93 graywave
96 NEW The Craft of Writing Fiction Rebecca Laffar-Smith 0 215 39.50 442,984 29.20 36.51 laffarsmith
97 30 Words in Progress Tiggy Johnson 4 713 15.60 No Data 96.30 36.69 tiggyjohnson
98 9 Howling Pictures John Pace 3 718 40.70 No Data 29.70 35.26  
99 48 Karen Tyrrell Karen Tyrrell 4 339 22.20 10,744,810 51.20 34.46 wwwkarentyrell
100 50 Virginia Lloyd Virginia Lloyd 4 370 32.30 14,909,083 28.60 32.73 v11oyd
101 57 David Brewster - Freelance Writer David Brewster 3 119 24.60 3,966,059 44.80 33.74 davidbrewster
102 13 7-On Playwrites Group blog 4 536 9.70 No Data 76.20 33.71
103 14 Writing Up a Storm Robyn E 3 672 37.00 No Data 29.70 33.41  
104 13 Words Out West Central West Libraries 0 679 37.70 13,228,839 47.50 33.10  
105 14 Stumbling Along... Monique Wood 3 565 35.50 No Data 29.70 32.66  
106 37 Eleni's Taverna Eleni Konstantine 3 539 34.80 No Data 29.70 32.31 ElenisKafe
107 NEW Cracking Yarns Allen Palmer 1 73 6.60 1,177,296 87.50 31.55 CrackingYarns
108 NEW Little Girl With a Big Pen Samantha van Zweden 3 535 15.70 No Data 21.30 20.24 lgwabp
109 17 Zenquill Lynn Priestley 4 306 20.80 20,051,996 41.80 30.94 zenquill
110 2 Suzi Love Suzi Love 0 455 12.80 11,671,346 39.50 18.25 suzilove
111 24 Kiki Fu - Cute, but Deadly Kiki Lon 4 355 23.30 No Data 30.10 28.68 book_kungfu
112 NEW Cathryn Brunet Cathryn Brunet 2 387 25.50 21,918,991 36.10 27.58 CathrynBrunet
113 8 Writing Romance Sandie Hudson 3 368 24.00 No Data 30.10 27.03 sandiehudson
114 NEW Helene Young Helene Young 3 302 20.30 23,155,263 34.60 26.53 HeleneYoung
115 19 Rated PG - Paul Gallagher Paul Galllagher 3 306 21.00 No Data 30.10 25.53 ratedpgaus
116 30 Catty Reads, Catty Writes Catherine Bateson 3 289 19.50 No Data 30.10 24.78  
117 51 Thunder Road Tim Pegler 3 236 17.20 No Data 30.10 23.63  
118 NEW Writing to Inspire Elizabeth Bezant 2 22 2.90 9,114,114 59.80 23.39  
119 NEW Hackpacker George Dunford 0 287 18.90 13,360,082 47.00 23.55 Hack_packer
120 9 Chasing Away Salt Water Carly-Jay Metcalfe 3 212 15.00 25,926,998 31.60 22.98  
121 4 Writing in the Margins Julia Lawrinson 0 405 27.00 No Data 30.10 22.53  
122 NEW Helen Ross Writes Helen Ross 2 198 14.20 21,571,338 37.60 22.38 HelenRossAuthor
123 19 Deep and Meaningful Terry Hornby 3 76 7.50 20,116,367 41.40 22.17  
124 24 Hanner Cymraes Hanner Cymraes 3 53 4.50 17,387,175 43.70 21.36  
125 36 Bootcampers 101 Writing Drills Various Writers 3 153 12.00 No Data 30.10 21.03  
126 16 Words 101 Words 101 3 5 0.70 15,073,267 44.40 19.67  
127 NEW Musings of a Writer Anita Joy 2 150 11.20 No Data 30.10 18.63  
128 34 Wordability   3 61 5.20 No Data 30.10 17.63  
129 6 Romance Bootcampers 109 Various Writers 0 160 13.50 No Data 30.10 15.78  
130 32 Authorness Vanessa Barneveld 0 155 12.70 No Data 30.10 15.38  
131 32 Elisabeth Rose Elisabeth Rose 0 126 10.50 No Data 30.10 14.28  
132 10 The Story Space Alison 0 67 6.00 No Data 30.10 12.03  
133 NEW Leanne's Writer's Blog Leanne Davidson 0 23 3.70 No Data 30.10 10.88 quizzicalbook
134 NEW South Swan Johanna Castro 0 11 2.20 No Data 30.10 10.13 JohannaACastro
135 NEW Revolving Papyrus Jenny Sharp 0 10 1.50 No Data 30.10 9.78 papyri
136 31 Doing All Write Gareth Narunsky 0 3 0.00 No Data 30.10 9.03 Gareth_Narunsky


Good blogs network with others in the same niche. Hopefully, this list will bring many of these blogs together, swapping links, promoting each other and networking writing advice and ideas. The more your blog participates in the network, the higher your blog will rise, due to the extra links and traffic.

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