Category: creative writing

  • About Face

    Kia ora dear readers. I humbly apologise (once again) for the lack of contact. There’s been an about face. Things being as they are in writing-land, I’ve decided to set free ‘The Novel’, aka masters thesis/conglomerate of thoughts, speech and action AND have returned to basics. Actually, I’ve gone back to some of the ideas…

  • Right Track

    It’s been a while, but I’ve done what I said I would do—hibernating. Now I’m back. Ta-dah! While I’ve been in my interiority I’ve been thinking (a great deal) about anonymity, versus being visible in cyberspace. How visible should I be? Ha! Are you kidding me? It’s probably way too late…

  • Road to Nowhere

    Where to from here? The song ‘Road To Nowhere’ is running through my head today. I can officially call myself a graduate, with a Masters in Creative Writing. Hoorah…whoop whoop! Yeah about that… So, I’ve written a manuscript that has subsequently been torn to shreds and used for fire-starters. Well that…

  • Feedback and Rewrites

    Yep, you heard right. I’ve received feedback on (some) of ‘The Novel’. Yeeaaahhh! Full, honest, comprehensive feedback. The thing which has eluded me in my quest to get on with fully editing ‘The Novel’. That is to say, I’m still waiting on ‘The Thesis Results and Feedback’ (a touch of bitterness perhaps?) but…

  • Views

    Sometimes it’s difficult to know what to blog about. Like today. But I’ve promised both of us (you dear readers and myself) that I would write at least once a week (in this format). And being one for setting the bar at an acceptable level (aka not writing drivel for the sake of…

  • Back into the swing of things…

    …and now we’re back into the swing of things. I’ve been wondering if the recent full moon and equinox impacted on me, more than I realised. My feathers have been somewhat ruffled of late and, like Mrs Poohs, some have fallen out – feathers that is. Sigh. It’s been a…