Travel – Jayne McIntyre Author

Unlocking your creative potential: top reasons to go on a writing residency

Author Jayne McIntyre at Varuna Writers' House in the Blue Mountains. Middle-grade author experience.

For one productive (and very blissful!) week in October, I had the pleasure of staying at Varuna The Writers’ House in Katoomba, Blue Mountains. This was part of a Residency Callout Program for authors to work on their project of choice. I was in the company of some fantastic writers from right across Australia, allContinue reading “Unlocking your creative potential: top reasons to go on a writing residency”

A trip to Hobbiton – and other marketing adventures in New Zealand

Rolling green hills dotted with sheep and blooming cherry blossoms – it’s no wonder New Zealand was chosen as the filming location for The Shire and Lord of the Rings franchise movies. This month I ventured to New Zealand’s north island (Auckland, Hamilton, and Rotorua) as part of my day job in corporate marketing. IContinue reading “A trip to Hobbiton – and other marketing adventures in New Zealand”