Tag: New Zealand

• 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…

  G. B. Ralph

  30 November 2021

  Writing

  Books, Cosy mystery, Cozy mystery, Gay, LGBTQ, MM romance, NaNoWriMo, New Zealand, Novel, Writing

• 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…

  G. B. Ralph

  30 October 2021

  Writing

  Books, Cosy mystery, Fiction, Gay, LGBT, NaNoWriMo, New Zealand, Writing

• Year’s Best Aotearoa NZ SFF Vol 1

  In this collection, Marie Hodgkinson has brought together 13 fantastic short stories from Kiwi authors, the first in an annual anthology series. I loved the variety of speculative fiction on display here, stories set in worlds both fantastical and familiar – some eerily so. Stories touching on topics that feel particularly close to home in…

  G. B. Ralph

  9 May 2020

  Reading

  Aotearoa, Fantasy, Fiction, New Zealand, Reading, Science Fiction, SFF, Short Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative