I’ve spent most of the last year struggling to get my writing output back to the levels it was during 2017. A determined push during November for NaNoWriMo helped a lot, as did writing. Editing/tweaking later, which included leaving a Read more
Best wishes of the season to those who celebrate it, and I wish you all the very best for 2019. As it’s December, I figured I’d spend this post looking back over the year that is very swiftly drawing to Read more
As it’s November, and the month for NaNoWriMo, I decided I’d use that to try and get my writing routine—and output—back into what used to be what I’d call normal, at least for me. I’m not aiming to write 50K. Read more
Looking back, I blogged about a similar topic in June, but it’s been one of those years. Over the last few weeks I have taken two days leave to sit with my mother in hospital, and three days of my Read more
In August and September this year we’ve run a weekly creative writing workshop for youth in our library. I was asked to help out with a couple of the sessions, and visit as guest author for one of those. It’s Read more
Last Thursday morning I flew to Auckland to attend this year’s RWNZ Conference. This was my first writer’s conference, and I hadn’t visited Auckland in over ten years, so I was a little nervous, but also excited. I met up Read more