NorthWrite 2012 Interview Series ? Dawa Rowley ? NorthWrite 2012 ...

As part of the build-up to NorthWrite 2012 we are conducting interviews with a few participants to find out what they?re attending and what they hope to get out of the conference. Our first interview is with Dawa Rowley.

Hi Dawa. Where do you live?

Beside Mt Albert, in Auckland

What kind of writing, reading and/or illustrating do you do yourself?

Non-fiction and poetry.

What workshops have you signed up for?

I?ve been interested for a while in how to make more deeply layered poems, so I?m looking forward to Making Poems Matter with Paula Green. I can?t wait for David Hill on Writing From Life?s Mistakes. (I?ve made so many mistakes and this workshop implies I don?t necessarily have to fix everything up before I write). His class on diversification called Playing the Field also looks useful for an indecisive scribe with too many ideas. I find myself shrinking like a bread bag too close to the toaster when I think about promoting myself and my work but realise it is essential these days so I?m hoping Lorraine Steele?s Market Yourself and Your Book and Fifi Colson?s How to Front Up may chip a fair sized chunk off my aversion to attention. (It took quite a large gulp and a great dollop of goodwill towards the folk organising this conference for me to agree to this interview!)

What writing/illustration workshops have you previously attended in Northland? (Who taught them/ where did they take place/ when?)

Diploma of Applied Writing through Northtec, ? a very well-rounded and thorough course. The interactive internet classroom worked brilliantly (once I conquered technophobia and actually realised how friendly the system is). The coursework is challenging and interesting and the tutors dedicated, helpful and very well informed.

Who are you most excited to meet at NorthWrite 2012?

I can?t pick one out. All of the presenters and their topics interest me and I?m looking forward to spending time among fellow writers. I?m hoping to use the atmosphere to kick start my own writing again after a hiatus spent juggling too many other balls (some rather heavy) and accidentally dropping my pen in the process.

What do you think of when you think of the ?business? of writing? What questions will you hope to have answered by the end of the conference?
?The business of writing? seems like a pun to me. On the one hand there is the art of creating ? the part I really love ? and the craft of editing and revision? ? which also brings me enormous pleasure. But then there is The Business of the business of publication and promotion ? which scares me into paralysis. I hope the conference will support the first part and offer physiotherapy for the second.

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