I’m very excited today as I have finished the Golden Queen Book Two. A little bit of editing and looking it over, then its off to the editor. Looking forward to getting the illustrations done next. A little taster for you – the working title is The Golden Queen Rides Out and it features The [...]
Do you know what this means? Have you heard refulgent before? Seen it used in a story? I hadn’t. I’ve been playing on Visual Thesaurus and this is one of the words I found. It means radiating or as if radiating light. I found it by looking at the word Bright. You can check out [...]
The family and I have traveled down to Ohakune to spend a few days snowboarding. Of course we had to chose the week the country got a major polar blast and it snowed everywhere, including Auckland where it last got snow in 1939. In Ohakune there was thigh high fresh powder not only on the [...]
The Sunday Star Times Short Story Writing competition closes on the 20th of August. I’ve been using my spare time to write a couple of stories. It’s quite hard to judge what they are looking for, so I hope they like my stories. If you have a story waiting for an audience get it in [...]
If you’re read a Catcher in the Rye this will make perfect sense: S H O R T I M A G I N E D M O N O L O G U E S . – – – - HOLDEN CAULFIELD GIVES THE COMMENCEMENT SPEECH TO A HIGH SCHOOL. BY ANDREW TAN – – – [...]
“I have a click. Real writers have this click. It happens when you start to write a story and something clicks in your head and you have to get the story out. You really have to get it out and write it down. Creative writing is one of my gifts because I have a click, [...]
If you are passionate about books check out the blog Long to be lost… A guide to losing yourself in good books, music, food, plays and experiences… It’s by my friend Elizabeth Davies – I’ll let her tell you about it: My name is Elizabeth Davies and I’m an aspiring writer. I’m creating this space [...]
It is surprising how much story you can tell with just one sentence Toast You can’t make toast in a microwave. sensei When one of our sixth graders asked the Chinese tour guide if he could read and write in Japanese I was glad he was not one of my students. Iliure At church on [...]
