I’ve been writing for years and clogging up my laptop memory with short stories and novels. When I joined Tauranga Writers, some of them began to pop up their heads and get published. I like to write for children and include the environment in [...]
In April 2017, I attended the international Horror Writers Association’s second annual StokerCon conference, a convention bringing together creatives and consumers of the horror genre: writers, screenwriters, illustrators, game designers, graphic artists, podcasters, voice talent and filmmakers. Held, on this occasion, on Long Beach’s [...]
This story begins during my childhood in the Feltham Children's Home at Otaki Beach. On Boxing Day morning Aunty Maud, who was Miss Feltham's main helper, asked me to collect chicken scraps from the Devantier's beach bach. “They're expecting you,” she said. “And be [...]