Why should bloggers not have a Christmas do as well? Just because we work from home and are still wearing our pyjama pants. We all work hard on our writing so this is a way to share your blog with different people. The mulled wine is free and the gossip is juicy. Try not to …
The Sunshine Blogger Award was created for bloggers who inspire creativity and positivity within the blogging community.
This is a fun little book tag I found on Tales from the Mind of Kristian‘s page. If you don’t follow him, you should. The Nope Tag has lots of questions about the books and characters you can’t stand! Questions: Ending: A book ending that made you go NOPE either in denial, rage or simply …
Today, I’m interviewing a prolific author and mother of two, Soraya Lane. She writes full-time and has an impressive library of books to her name! I am keen to find out her secrets to juggling the writing life and parenting. The Interview KJ: What is an early book / author that inspired you to write? …
The New Zealand writing competitions are listed by deadline. Scroll to the bottom for more paying markets. This site is updated often so please subscribe to keep up to date with opportunities. From the number of people looking at this site for writing contests, I can see there are lots of other kiwis looking for creative opportunities. …
My son has reached that reading level where he can recommend books for me to read, if he thinks I’ll enjoy them. He is almost 11 but reading at about a 15-year level. He has read every Percy Jackson book and raves about the book Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow, which he tells me …
If you haven’t read Part 1, you can find it here. The third time I felt Death’s cold touch was the 22nd of February, 2011 when the city around me trembled and collapsed. 155 people, who were going about their business as normal, lost their lives in the Christchurch earthquake. It was a magnitude 6.3 …
Which book do you recommend to friends and family most? I am part of a Facebook group for book blogger support. Each day in October, a blogger will host a question and the other book bloggers give their answers. I have recommended one particular book this year to people in my circle and I’ve had great …
Writing in New Zealand is a tough business. I’ve recently started reading a lot more New Zealand fiction and as a country, we are producing some great work. I’ve discovered some talented authors in the Twitter writing community. These hard-working creatives should get more exposure. The idea for this segment grew from a desire to …
Each month, around the 20th, I publish a Top Three as a way to recognize quality in my WordPress community. September heralded spring for us and there seems to have been a blossoming of amazing posts too. It was hard to choose this month. Please have a read of these fab posts if you are …