Bonus material
This page collects the scenes I’ve written that didn’t make the cut (offcuts) and other material I’ve not used (at least yet). I’ve just started putting it together, sign up to my mailing list to hear when I’ve posted new material.
Creating an audiobook hub!
Goal: To develop a sustainable process that produces audiobooks using resources based in and around Palmerston North.
Never leave them with strangers
Pets have a way of burning themselves into your heart, the same way only special people can – maybe even more so. It’s that unwavering trust, friendship and attention – they’re always delighted to see you. People aren’t built like that.
Voicemail Poetry
Recently my phone app started translating voice messages so I could read them rather than having to listen to them - well that was the idea. I give you - Voicemail Poetry.
A little Edmund Burke
He’d heard an abbreviated version of the quote before, maybe when he was at university. He read aloud, slowly and deliberately.
Marla Simmons - Backstory cut from manuscript
She returned on a greyhound bus, dressed as a vagrant taking a cheap room in a cheap motel.
First novel - first chapter
Plain.
That was the kindest description of the man who was strolling casually past the security cameras covering the railway station’s entrance.