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Adrienne Morris of AM Proofreading and Editing, Auckland

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Mairangi Writers' Group musings on writing and publishing. Buy local New Zealand books. Based in Albany, Auckland, New Zealand, they provide the highest quality private hands-on-training in the Auckland region. They specialise in short, practical courses for Adobe, Apple, Corel, Microsoft and Windows software, which will maximise client productivity and creativity. New Zealand Society of Authors. A good source of free photos. Two of the images on this site came from here. Interested in Self Publishing?

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Books by Mairangi Writers on Display 3-17 August

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The Girl from County Clare. The Art of Secrets. The Girl from County Clare. The Art of Secrets. Books by Mairangi Writers on Display 3-17 August. Books by Mairangi Writers on Display 3-17 August. Come along to Take Note in Mairangi Bay any day in the next two weeks to see a display of titles published by Mairangi Writers. At the meetings each member reads their work aloud, which the group then critiques. From time to time, they invite publishers, book designers, distributors, agents and other profess...

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Mairangi Writers - Arresting Prose: Jean Louise Allen

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Mairangi Writers' musings on writing and publishing. First Fiction : The Flatty. Won a BNZ Katherine Mansfield Novice Award. First Book: Bitty by the River. Had two stories read over NZ National Radio. First Novel: River River Raupo Rye. The River at War. Children's books: the Little Person series of 7 early readers. Nickname : ‘Angel with Attitude’. Record: Born – Northern Wairoa. Lives - Waitemata . 12 April 2012 at 13:34. 2 May 2012 at 16:26. 14 May 2012 at 14:56. 16 May 2012 at 10:30. Thank you Pimel...

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Mairangi Writers - Arresting Prose: A Writer's Worries - Gay Rothwell

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Mairangi Writers' musings on writing and publishing. Friday, 24 July 2015. A Writer's Worries - Gay Rothwell. I wonder how many writers when working on a book whether it be fiction or non-fiction, get pangs of fear that they won’t be able to deliver the goods. If it is a first book of course it’s understandable to have these fears, but what if it’s a recurring theme when writing every book? My heroine, Diana Rowden, volunteered to be dropped into enemy-occupied. On the border of. This is a serious work w...

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A Bad Week for New Zealand Publishing – Activity Press eReport

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A Bad Week for New Zealand Publishing. May 30, 2013. It’s been a bad week for New Zealand publishing. On Tuesday, Pearson Education announced the imminent closure of its New Zealand office. The global publishing giant is restructuring to focus on ‘core’ and ’emerging’ markets, and New Zealand is neither. And yesterday, Harper Collins joined the exit. Announcing its plan to move most of its New Zealand operations, including editorial, to Australia. There’s good news. This is going to be a tough period for...

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Writer - Bev Robitai

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BLOG - Plunge Right In. A reassuring guide to self publishing. It covers the legal requirements of mandatory deposit in the US, UK, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. There are tips on pricing and promotion, bar codes and taxation, ISBNs, and all those behind-the-scenes elements that go into publishing a book. 17x25cm, 67 pages, full colour illustrations throughout. ISBN for NZ edition 978-0-9922451-0-8. Sunstrike: The Journey Home. Https:/ www.createspace.com/4921599. Averie moves to a small rural commu...

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Mairangi Writers - Arresting Prose: Erin McKechnie

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Mairangi Writers' musings on writing and publishing. Erin McKechnie has been spending every spare moment of the last two years honing her craft in anticipation of the publication of her first book,. Which was published in 2014. A family therapist, she has travelled through a number of third world countries and uses her observations and experiences of life to enrich her writing on the spiritual paths and personal development of her characters. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Links of real interest. Is it offe...

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Mairangi Writers - Arresting Prose: First Lines - fab or failure - from Jenny Harrison

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Mairangi Writers' musings on writing and publishing. Friday, 7 August 2015. First Lines - fab or failure - from Jenny Harrison. First lines that capture the reader – or do they? We writers know the first couple of lines of our book are going to either capture the reader or cause them to put the book back on the shelf. We spend time polishing, honing and agonising over those first few words and sentences, making sure there’s a splendid hook to lure the reader in. Herman Melville starts Moby Dick. I went t...

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Mairangi Writers - Arresting Prose: Barbara Algie thinks wintry thoughts.

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Mairangi Writers' musings on writing and publishing. Friday, 14 August 2015. Barbara Algie thinks wintry thoughts. We have just experienced the longest, warmest summer for umpteen years, yet we complain about a few drops of rain. What do we expect? After all, the the pundits of the retail world tell us it’s ‘mid-winter’. I always assumed June to be ‘mid-winter’ but, with climate change and all that jazz, this appears not to be the case any more. So, what do you do in mid-winter? 14 August 2015 at 10:45.

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Mairangi Writers - Arresting Prose: Gabrielle Rothwell

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Mairangi Writers' musings on writing and publishing. Gabrielle McDonald-Rothwell studied History and English and is a journalist, editor, author and war historian specialising in the Second World War. She has also taught Creative Writing at Takapuna Grammar and Birkenhead College. She has written for a wide range of New Zealand newspapers and magazines including the Reader's Digest. In 1989 she won an award for the Best Researched Article. She is currently working on her fourth book The Sunken Garden.