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Insights about writing: craft, ethics, tikanga and power dynamics in publishing: learned mostly through experience, personal study and mentoring with tuākana rather than formal training.
I mean, if you can, amazing. But if you can't, here's some suggestions.
How do you stay engaged when the process isn't fun? How do you keep the faith when you feel like everything you write is shit?
No book emerges without some kind of external support or sacrifice or privilege.
Sometimes, publishing can be as simple as having access to the means of production: a printer, glue, and a craft knife.
This is my wero and karanga back to you e te tuahine. What about that initial vision you talked to me about? Do you remember?
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