Ever since I was really small I’ve made stuff up.
Compulsive lying or the creative process - you make the call!
Because a proclivity to invent your own truth can lead to a lengthly jail sentence, I write stories to stay out of trouble.
I love short stories because you can deliver your message with a powerful wallop.
Novels, on the other hand, let you steep your readers in your own version of primordial soup. Playing God is a lot of fun.
Novels:
Things We Can’t Untie
A story of the Hokianga
Competitions:
- Semi-finalist in Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards.
- Winner of the Rawene short story competition.
- Second in Northland short story competition.
- Runner up in The Woman’s Day short story competition.