![]() ![]() In winter, he lies on top of my feet and keeps them warm. ![]() When I write, I have my dog, Logan, lying by my feet. It's definitely a team effort, as well as an individual one. Craig Phillips created perfect illustrations for the Tūī Street books, and Keely O'Shannessy worked wonders at making the cover of In Our Own Back Yard look like an anti-tour poster from 1981. Scholastic, Wildling Books and Bateman Books helped me with editing and turning stories into books. I had a lecturer, James George, who gave me lots of suggestions. Friends and family are always part of the process with their encouragement and support. One thing I've realised is that, even though a writer writes alone, there are a number of people who are involved. Actually, Tūī Street Tales is named after Tui, because she often chatted about story ideas with me, so I felt that she was sort of involved. People passing by must have wondered why we were leaping around, screaming and laughing. when I found out Tūī Street Tales had won the 2016 Storylines' Tom Fitzgibbon Award competition, my friend, Tui, also a teacher, was with me in our office. This was where Tūī Street Tales began to take shape. In 2014, I did a Masters in Creative Writing at AUT. I was always keen to write stories though. ![]() One year, I co-wrote a solo show that I performed in schools. I even wrote crazy skits that I performed in comedy shows. When I worked as a secondary school Drama and English teacher, I often wrote plays for my students to perform. ![]()
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