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Last weekend seventeen writers met at my home to discuss and workshop ways to develop authentic characters and to ensure those character’s responses in dialogue, decision making and action remained...
Read articleRecently I attended the first New Zealand crime writing festival along with other crime writers, both the home-grown variety and many from overseas. In true Kiwi fashion it was run...
Read articleWhile I find it ironic that we take an arbitrary date and suddenly we’re celebrating a new year and new beginnings, there is something about the end of one period...
Read articleI’ve just taken the (as yet) current calendar down and put up the 2019 calendar. There’s no doubt some old wives’ tale that says I’m letting myself in for a...
Read articleYesterday we celebrated the summer solstice and the longest day, apparently 14 hours and 41 minutes of daylight. It took me a long time of living in New Zealand for...
Read articleOver the past couple of months we’ve completed a few road trips around parts of the central North Island of New Zealand and I thought I’d share a few photos....
Read articleWhile I tend to write and read more crime novels than romance, I’m a member of Romance Writers of New Zealand (RWNZ). I joined initially as membership was part of...
Read articleDo you prefer to read a book first or see the film? If you read the book first is the film as good? These questions came up when I was...
Read articleI whizzed around the city supermarket — whizzed may be a slight exaggeration as it was very busy — chucking stuff in the trolley. I had a rapidly approaching appointment...
Read articleThis week I’ve been subjected to a hideous ordeal. You know the one! For the past month it’s been on my To Do list, but as it reaches the top...
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