Review and summary of Failure to Launch by jennik Failure to Launch: Why Your Twentysomething Hasn’t Grown Up … and What to Do About It by Mark McConville, Ph.D. Published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2020, ISBN 9780525542186 (hardcover) and … DCW502 Writing and Contemporary Practice | Monday 2nd November 2020
Review of BBC podcast on Roger Deakin’s book Waterlog by jennik I listened to a Radio 3 Documentary in which wild swimming enthusiast Alice Roberts examines the legacy of Waterlog by the late Roger Deakin. Here are some of my thoughts … DCW502 Writing and Contemporary Practice | Sunday 13th September 2020
I’m All Shook Up! by jennik I don’t often go to the theatre. I’m too busy, it’s too expensive, I prefer to go to music performances when I have the time and money. I took part … DCW502 Writing and Contemporary Practice | Wednesday 9th September 2020
A visit to Founders Park by jennik I visited Founders Park as part of my course work for the Diploma in Writing for the Creative Industries at NMIT last week. Our tutor, Kerry Sunderland, took us to … DCW502 Writing and Contemporary Practice | Saturday 5th September 2020
Hitting the wall (and what to do about it) by jennik It happens to all of us. A week ago, it happened to one of my classmates. I was trying to offer support and encouragement, all the while running full-tilt in … DCW502 Writing and Contemporary Practice | Friday 4th September 2020
Zooming with grace by jennik ‘Great, I’ll organise a zoom meeting and we can discuss it face to face.’ A class at NMIT taught via zoom. Image: Jenni Komarovsky A year ago, most people wouldn’t … DCW502 Writing and Contemporary Practice | Friday 21st August 2020
Review of ‘Terminal 2’ by Annetta Zelley by jennik The second item that I chose to review from Issue 1 of kiss me hardy is Annetta Zelley’s short story ‘Terminal 2’, which I recognise as coming from the ‘Two … DCW502 Writing and Contemporary Practice | Thursday 20th August 2020
Review of ‘Walking Through the Forest’ by Jesse Palmer by jennik We’ve been set a class exercise – to review two items from kiss me hardy, NMIT’s online literary and arts journal. The first item that I chose to review from … DCW502 Writing and Contemporary Practice | Thursday 20th August 2020
Getting your short stories published by jennik Have you written a great short story that you want to get published soon? Perhaps even earn some money from it? I do! I’ve been scouring the internet, looking for … DCW502 Writing and Contemporary Practice | Tuesday 18th August 2020
A visit to the Nelson Mail by jennik When I was a young teenager, I was inspired by the movie All the President’s Men to be a journalist. How exciting it would be to investigate and expose political … DCW502 Writing and Contemporary Practice | Wednesday 12th August 2020
The thief by bellana Kedaethiel Kingdom • North Island • Laevell town • 789 LE (Laevell Era) Wading through a mass of Laevell citizens dressed all in colourful, “blessing spring” festival attire. In a royal … DCW502 Writing and Contemporary Practice | Tuesday 12th November 2019
Space metal by bellana Ignoring the pain in my shoulder, I manoeuvred my craft through the smaller pocket’s of debris my external claw wouldn’t be able to pick up and regularly checked my scanner … DCW502 Writing and Contemporary Practice | Tuesday 12th November 2019
Demoted angels by bellana ‘Sweetheart, do you mind if I borrow your cellular phone for a moment.’ A strange man held out his hand for a female bystander’s phone, captivated by this person, she … DCW502 Writing and Contemporary Practice | Tuesday 12th November 2019
Desperate metamorphosis – The vegetarian by bellana While scanning over the bookshelves at the library, seeing a book titled, ‘The vegetarian’, while being one, was interesting. Would it actually be about someone with the same diet as … DCW502 Writing and Contemporary Practice | Tuesday 12th November 2019
Slip Away | Poem by flowerhobo For our poetry class we have been asked to write a Villanelle poem. And while I struggled to come up with an idea at first, after working out my first … DCW502 Writing and Contemporary Practice | Tuesday 24th September 2019
