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| Frank Erceg and Barry Crump feature together on this sign at Paradise Valley Springs, Rotorua |
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| Love this sign. Yep they were tough buggers; clever, resilient and a breed unto their own. |
Hi all, it's been awhile, but I've been very busy! I sent the Frank Erceg manuscript out last year to a group of fellow writers and received some great feedback from: Geoff Spearpoint, Julia Bradshaw, Kevin Whitelaw and Gary Johnson. And I thank them all for taking the time to read the draft and give their suggestions and some good feedback. It was a valuable exercise. I made a few changes and decided before going to final edit to have it professionally assessed.
An assessment is a valuable part of the process. My assessor gave the book much praise, she also noted some areas that needed a bit more attention to clearly put Frank and his life into context. She also suggested adding extra content around family and his Croatian heritage. So now just finishing off some of this, and getting it ready for submissions to potential publishers.
What a journey this book has been, what a huge part of my life for many years. And the many people met along the way. One being Stuart Hamlett from Paradise Valley Springs and his idea to have some deer cullers history at the park. He got in touch with me and I sent him some photos. I enjoy these encounters and the passion other people have for keeping the stories and history alive, it makes it all worthwhile.
Take care everyone. And there's some links to Paradise Springs and for any writers out there some info on NZ manuscript assessors, this info is available on the New Zealand Society of Authors website, the NZSA also supports writers with funded mentoring and assessment programmes and advice on publishing.
