
Melinda Szymanik
Blogger at Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...
Book Author at Freelance
Extreme lexophile, competitive sudoku player, occasional poet and writer of children's fiction. Really just three penguins in a trenchcoat (she/her)
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3 weeks ago |
melindaszymanik.blogspot.com | Melinda Szymanik
There have been some lovely reviews of our new book BatKiwi and the Big Wet (which came out in February) - by Maria Gill on Kids Books NZ here, on the KiwiReviews site here, on What Book Next? here, and by Paula Green on Poetry Box here. You never know how new work will be received, so it is both a relief and a delight to find readers and reviewers embracing it.
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2 months ago |
melindaszymanik.blogspot.com | Melinda Szymanik
You would think, as writers who constantly scrutinise words and their meaning, and agonise over their use and placement in our works, that we would be better at using them on our own behalf. Lol. We are sweet gentle souls who have some terrible habits. We hate to risk offence. I want to bring a few of these habits to your attention, point out why they are not in your best interests, and suggest some better habits. Stop apologising. Okay. Not all the time, in every instance.
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2 months ago |
melindaszymanik.blogspot.com | Melinda Szymanik
I am not a fan of new year's resolutions. Which is a little flakey because even though the first of January is just another day, like the 31st of december, the beginning of a year still feels portentious and weighty with promise and possibility. Nothing has changed but everything has. There is no mechanisim but the slate is somehow empty. So what of 2025? What promise does this year hold? I tell myself I want to write more. I am doing my best to make the space for this. Wish me luck.
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Dec 17, 2024 |
melindaszymanik.blogspot.com | Melinda Szymanik
It's writery stocktake time, and I have to say, this year has been a bit of a wild ride. I always find it interesting to look back over the year that's been because I always forget things - often the best things - that have happened. And - surprise, surprise! - it's often the bad or sad things that bob to the surface of my memory first, keeping the nicer, happier stuff stuck just beneath, out of view. So what went on in 2024 - I had a book contracted (yay!) and a book contract cancelled (boo!).
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Dec 1, 2024 |
melindaszymanik.blogspot.com | Melinda Szymanik
I have not posted for an abolute age - my sincere apologies! I have been having a bit of a time and it hasn't left much room for other things. Towards the end of September I received a most unexpected email - an invitation to participate in a Children's Book Festival. In India. In November. I was a late ring in. Someone had had to pull out. Would I be interested? The only correct answer here was YES!!! so I stepped on to the rollercoaster... ...and I have only just stepped off.
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