Tag: New Zealand
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Tim Te Maro and the Alphabet Book Club podcast
Today’s post is centred around an LGBTQ YA novel set in a magical boarding school, a podcast catch up about the book itself (with guests including the author and me!), and the Alphabet Book Club who do such great work getting books like this out to Kiwis! Tim Te Maro and the Subterranean Heartsick Blues…
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Hilarious live theatre
We’ve been treated to two fantastic productions this month… Drop Dead Gorgeous! A Drag Murder Miss-tery There’s been a murder at the drag queen pageant, and the detective has to solve the crime with the audience’s assistance. Even better, the detective is a special guest local actor who was only given the first line of…
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Cosy Mystery (a work in progress)
I haven’t even finished the first draft yet, but I’m almost there! I’ve given it a home on my website, and also discussed how I prepared for then wrote 50,000 words of the first draft in November. And so, for Day 6 of my bookish Advent calendar, I’ve thrown together a quick blurb for the…
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Are You Still Watching? Brand new (very) short story
I’m kicking off my bookish advent calendar with a brand new (very) short story! At under 300 words long, it’s a light and fun story that’ll only take a minute or so to read. Scroll down to read! I wanted to capture something familiar to many of us lately: long evenings of streaming TV at home with housemates,…
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Writing a novel in 30 days: the results
I documented my daily progress while writing a novel during the month of November. A crazy endeavour, right? Yes, agreed. So, why would anyone do such a thing? Because it’s National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo. That’s hardly a legitimate reason… but also, why not? Note: if you already know about NaNoWriMo, and what the…
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My first NaNoWriMo
I’ve just finished the latest round of edits on my WIP in time to pass on to my beta readers. Now, while they tear it to shreds I’ll be distracting myself with a completely new project for NaNoWriMo, hence the self-imposed deadline for the WIP! This year will be my first attempt, and I’ve given…