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When I’m president…

I thought this song was appropriate in light of my promotion within my local writers’ group…

Book Review: Space Games by Dean Lombardo

For the sake of full disclosure, I will state that this book is published by my own publisher, Kristell Ink, part of Grimbold Books (although, I purchased my own copy). That being said, I really enjoyed it, in a slightly uncomfortable way. I have often said that when I read a book, I seek to […]

I feel I have succeeded

Hey yous fellas… and fella-ettes…. is that how it works? I must ponder on that… (perhaps “fellas” is asexual… sure… I’ll take that). I’ve been quiet. Basically, I’ve been writing, or working, or mothering, or (heaven forbid) tidying and cleaning… (shudder) Sometimes I think to myself “My blog is part of my “author platform” (I […]

Round, round, get around, I get around…

I think I’m getting better at this interview thing… On another note… I was struggling with making progress on WARRIOR’S TOUCH over the past couple of weeks. Then last night, I had a thought about a scene that was OK, but just wasn’t quite doing it for me… Write it from another POV! At the […]

Music: New Zealand Music Month – Anika Moa: My Old Man

The ultimate daughter-father change-of-heart song… I think Llew might have sung a song like this… if she was the singing type. Fun fact: when I had the time to include learning the bass in my day/week, this song was in my list. Fairly simple, but with a few nice runs. My dad was teaching me. […]

Doing it for the love of it?

Salmonella Dub – For the Love Of It (not the version I was thinking of, but it will do) Why do you write? When I published my post the other say, somewhat jokingly bemoaning my as yet undiscoveredness, I did get a couple of reminders that we should be writing because we love it, not […]

Music: New Zealand Music Month – Dead Flowers: You Drink The Water…

… I’ll Drink The Wine I don’t know what it is about me and depressing songs… but I love them, I really do. This one is pretty depressing. It’s gorgeous.

The long hard road from anonymity…

Guess what. My book was published at the end of January and I’m not famous yet. I know! Seriously, though, I’m sure we all know by now that selling books comes down to more than a matter of having a book out there. First and foremost, it has to be a good book. If you […]

Music: New Zealand Music Month – The Swingers: Counting The Beat

Picking up the mood… a PARTY tune (o: Not writing related at all… but that’s perfectly fine!

Music: New Zealand Music Month – Krackatoa: Corporate Conga Line

So… I missed my NZMM post for yesterday… and nearly today, too. Most of the songs I have noted as potential posts are oldies, and I’m well aware that I ought to be trying to push newer work. So, when I gained a new Twitter follower tonight who just happened to be a NZ musician, […]