An honest kōrero with Hawke’s Bay writer Shelley Burne-Field and author Colleen Maria Lenihan.
Shelley: Kia ora e hoa,
We both did Te Papa Tupu, the mentoring programme run by the Māori Literature Trust. Now I’m doing the New Zealand Society of Authors mentoring programme. I’ve talked to a couple of dozen people over the years who have mixed reviews over mentoring programmes in general – some absolutely love it, some don’t get much out of it, and some think their experience was awful. One of the most debilitating things is when mentors are too busy, too distracted, and there’s no personal connection. Read the rest of the article here on Newsroom.
You can catch writer Shelley Burne-Field at our NZSA Regional Roadshow Ahuriri Napier on Saturday 20 August, 9am – 5.30pm, East Pier Hotel. Shelley and John Prins will be taking the – Workshop: “Out out out” – Editing and the Short Story – to help you edit your current short story into the best version of itself.
