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 [...]
What a fantastic week of elite workshops we had last week, ranging from screenwriting, writing for children, history, plays and fiction. Wow! Big thanks to president Jenny Argante who's been so focused in making this year memorable. The 21st of June was 50 years to the [...]
June 10 is fast approaching for our TW training of Scrivener with Angela Curtis. I've heard some good things about this design tool, how it can make sense of a manuscript. I get lost once it passes 10,000 words. Where did I write that, where can [...]
June 10 is fast approaching for our TW training of Scrivener with Angela Curtis. I've heard some good things about this design tool, how it can make sense of a manuscript. I get lost once it passes 10,000 words. Where did I write that, where can [...]
I’ve been writing since the eighties, when in a space of ‘nothing to do’, I began Mills and Boon. After chapter 3, it became my own story, and because it didn’t properly follow the strict guidelines, was not accepted. However, parts of it were adapted into a [...]
A monthly presentation or workshop conducted by an award-winning local writer focusing on a topic relating to creative writing or being an indie author.
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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 [...]
