Inside Quote Marks: a Writers Plot Bookshop event introducing NZ authors to readers. And it's happening on Sept 5th, 2021. How exciting is that? (Very, in case you were wondering!)"Inside Quote Marks" is an authors/readers day. We are holding the event at the Professionals Recreation Hall (next to the city council building and Whirinaki Whare … Continue reading “Inside Quote Marks”
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Bring me some water.
It's Friday.[Lure the lie] launches tomorrow. Worldwide. More importantly, the paperbacks launch here tomorrow. About that ... there were a few hiccups in Auckland and the books left the printer yesterday on Aramex. FFS. I can track them and they're nearly in Wellington ... but it's Aramex and they give zero fucks about hitting their … Continue reading Bring me some water.
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I am officially on holiday for the rest of June. And it is glorious. The weather is a bit shite but it's winter so that's expected. My Knight arrived yesterday, after 18 months of being apart (thanks to COVID) we are finally in the same country and house! We have a bit of catching up … Continue reading 1800
Scream giveaway: Ends TONIGHT!
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More than a feeling
It's Sunday night. It's been an okay weekend. Bit of writing, bit of movie watching with Kid6, some housework ... and the knowledge that next weekend My Knight will be home. Hard to be unhappy with so much joy on the immediate horizon. Not that I tend to unhappiness anyway: I'm generally a happy person. … Continue reading More than a feeling
Last Chance Train
Some days writing very much feels like that, every story has a 'last chance' feel to it. It's just the way it is. Living with a creative mind isn't always easy but it is always interesting.I really like this new book [Lure the Lie]. The characters make me laugh and the story was properly fun … Continue reading Last Chance Train
Long Cool Woman
If you've been here a while you know that, Long Cool Woman is Ellie's song. The reason for this blog post is because of an email I got this morning. I thought, maybe, we'd have a chat about it. Stick around for some writer truths.For almost 20 years, Ellie Conway lived in my head. I … Continue reading Long Cool Woman
The singer sang his song …
It's been quite a week! The final changes were made to Raidbyte, after I waded through the proof. Kinda fun to be honest. And there is something particularly awesome about a hardback. I do love it. At some stage I will update the info on Amazon because it says nothing ... but they make the … Continue reading The singer sang his song …
Some Are Gone and Some Remain*
This from author Margot Kinberg about the death of characters in a series. Fab read!
The holding pattern …
Kinda feels like I'm in a holding pattern right now! Two things are happening but both involve a lot of 'hurry up and wait'. They'll be well worth it in the end, but, meanwhile ... waiting. And we all know, I'm pretty shite at that! Another thing is underway, let's talk about that? So, there … Continue reading The holding pattern …
Cat Connor 