Favel Parrett is an award-winning Australian author whose novels include Past the Shallows, When the Night Comes and There Was Still Love, alongside children's books Wanda and Kimi.

In this episode of Secret Creative Life, Favel talks about the power of daydreaming, where her stories come from and how her experiences and memories find their way into her writing.

We explore her creative process, the importance of rewriting, learning to trust herself as a writer and navigating rejection. Favel also shares how a simple question from her brother changed the direction of her career.

We discuss her latest novel, One for Sorrow, and the deeply personal journey behind her work.

It's an honest conversation about sensitivity, persistence and finding your own way through a creative life.

Mentioned in this episode: Men Without Women (1927) by Ernest Hemingway.