In ‘Con’ terms, I’m still considered a newbie. I went to my first NZ National Science Fiction and Fantasy convention in Wellington 4 years ago and I’ve been returning (sometimes kicking and screaming against my fear of public speaking) into Convention panels and events [...]
Report of our Work in Progress Meeting held on Thursday 4th February 2016 What our members have been getting up to. Chad Dick, Jessica Harvey and Dhaivat Mehta told us they’ve all been working on Grim Tales, a collaborative publication between survivors of domestic [...]
Gayel Collinson Pen name Gracie Stathers. My Journey to writing fiction. I have always loved the stories my family told me, not stories read from books but real stories that are passed down from one generation to another embellished by some and adjusted by [...]
From Creative Beat (Creative Tauranga) Literary Trailblazers - December 2013/January 2014 Field Candy – writing about the land His name is particularly apt, for the young Field Candy discovered a natural affinity with the great outdoors. Brought up in the Thames Valley, he lived [...]
When I was young and single – with no kids and few responsibilities – I loved to sit in the pub with my mates and solve the world’s problems. We enjoyed plenty of discussion of ‘what they should do’ and, after a few tankards [...]