writing services

  
     
  I am an experienced and published writer, happy to take on a variety of writing projects. I have a long history of report writing and writing for business purposes, and I also have considerable experience gathering and writing people’s personal and family stories. 

I am happy to work from notes, interviews, cassette recordings and other material, and will also assist with research if this is needed.  I will work closely with you to ensure that the style and content of my writing fits your requirements.

I have a strong background in research, having built upon my tertiary qualification by managing a research unit in the public sector, undertaking research for numerous private sector clients, and researching my own family’s genealogy.

I have authored and co-authored a number of published, academic and professional works primarily in the areas of social history, alcohol policy and children’s fiction.  At present I am working on a novel and a collection of short-stories.

I understand the publishing process, being the author, editor, illustrator or designer of several published reports and books. I am reliable and have excellent time management and work prioritisation skills, and I bring strong presentation skills to any project.

Please email me for a quote or estimate, or to arrange time for a chat about your project. I look forward to working with you!

  
     
  Some of my writing projects  
     
 

I have written, co-authored and provided ghost-writing services on a variety of projects.

A few of my writing projects are listed below:

  
     
 

  • Enhancing Governance in the Voluntary and Community Sector: A report to voluntary and community organisations on the development of a sector-specific governance model, with resources for building governance capacity (ghost-written for the Bishop's Action Foundation based on an MPhil thesis by Simon Cayley), Bishop's Action Foundation (2009)

  • "Government Regulation, Corporate Responsibility and Personal Pleasure: A Public Health Perspective from New Zealand" (co-authored with Dr Mike MacAvoy) in International Center for Alcohol Policies Series on Alcohol in Society: Corporate Social Responsibility and Alcohol: The Need and Potential for Partnership, Edited by Marcus Grant and Joyce O'Connor (June 2005)
  • Assessment of the Health Impacts of Lowering the Minimum Legal Age for Purchasing Alcohol in New Zealand (co-authored), Alcohol Advisory Council (April 2002)

  • A Struggle for Power: The relationship between the Ministry of Works Department and residents in Mangakino’s struggle for community, 1945-1955, MA Thesis, University of Waikato (1998)