My good friend Neil Young lives in London with his partner and their two young children. Neil and I have been good friends for a long time now after meeting in graduate school at Waikato University. He’s a gun writer in the commercial and corporate communications world and bloody well read. Interestingly enough, we’ve probably had more contact with each other since he’s been in England.
Neil’s sister Ashleigh lives in Wellington and is also an excellent writer. I don’t just mean someone who jots down a poem while the ads are on either. I mean a highly trained well-qualified craftsperson who goes back to the page time and again honing the language down to a diamond hard finish.
Ashleigh has just published an essay “Can You Tolerate This?” on Turbine, Victoria University’s online lit. journal. It’s an incredible piece of razor sharp prose. It reads beautifully and clean with a poetic sense that draws every element of the story into super clear focus. It’s the kind of writing that can only come from many excruciating hours of editing and re-editing. If you havent’ read it, you’re in for a huge treat.
Neil’s sister Ashleigh lives in Wellington and is also an excellent writer. I don’t just mean someone who jots down a poem while the ads are on either. I mean a highly trained well-qualified craftsperson who goes back to the page time and again honing the language down to a diamond hard finish.
Ashleigh has just published an essay “Can You Tolerate This?” on Turbine, Victoria University’s online lit. journal. It’s an incredible piece of razor sharp prose. It reads beautifully and clean with a poetic sense that draws every element of the story into super clear focus. It’s the kind of writing that can only come from many excruciating hours of editing and re-editing. If you havent’ read it, you’re in for a huge treat.
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