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Aybrow

  1. Content or contented? Yes, we care! bit.ly/Jrbqql #plainlanguage #grammar Blog post.
  2. Content or contented? One word is our favourite adjective. bit.ly/Jrbqql #plainlanguage #grammar Blog post.
  3. Writers in Petone, Wellington: new local writers' group forming. Contact Marion Freigard.
  4. @vroom
  5. Happiness is writing 500 words of fiction before breakfast. R.
  6. In 1 hour NZ Choral Federation May workshop: bit.ly/JmaVcQ I All singing is good for body and soul, but this will be tough!
  7. Oh my, what a day. But at least I sent my conference presentation off for @intranets2012. bit.ly/hW1QpR R.
  8. "Why I dance." An inspiring video on the Crows Feet Dance Collective #FB page. Never too old to start! on.fb.me/JT8AsX
  9. #writer as entrepreneur. How to get paid $30,000 to speak. @berkun
  10. Fascinating info on self publishing. Don't miss this, #writers! RT @beanovelist
  11. Insightful poem by Diana Neutze about memory as a painter's painting: no edges, colours merged. bit.ly/IUs7r7
  12. Managed 4 hours writing my new book this morning. Can't beat Mac Air with breakfast in bed. R.
  13. Free dance workshops tomorrow at Whitireia Performance Centre, Vivian St, Wellington. Watch Newcastle dance: youtu.be/8xncFqAcAts
  14. @NZatFrankfurt Thank you—I am honoured.
  15. Old Lady Laughing is going to the (Frankfurt Book) Fair. bit.ly/I3hIMp Why? Just because.
  16. Write the right report. 7 stages of report writing in 1–2 hour online course, including a model report and QA tool. bit.ly/o7Q9Kr
  17. RT @BreakingNews: Dick Clark suffered heart attack after outpatient cataract surgery? bit.ly/HR1i5h Ouch. My turn next month.
  18. Madly excited! Scarlet Heels selected by NZSA to promote at Frankfurt @Book_Fair . @NZatFrankfurt Switch to literary persona. R.
  19. Best type of questionnaire: one you enjoy doing. One on ageing dancers included provocative quotes to comment on. bit.ly/I130TY
  20. In "The Eustace Diamonds" long-suffering Lucy should have married John Eustace. Bad mistake, Mr Trollope. #books