Raen (she/her)

I managed to break the spacebar on my laptop and it feels like a metaphor.

Urgh, tanning oil was so 80s - my mum used to do that. How is it back?

Slip slop slapping like a pro

I'm allergic to most sunscreens so use it sparingly on myself but you better believe I slathered it on my kids as if their lives depended on it.

hello, how do you poo?

that will also out your aussies

I'd have more memories about "Newky brown" if there hadn't been so much "Newky brown"

Wild Libraries Ep # 45 - Australia, mate Podcast Episode · Wild Libraries · 05/23/2025 · 35m

made a little cameo on my colleague's awesome podcast - Wild Libraries

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My husband sent me off to work with a cheery "don't get fired" to which I responded "you too" and that was nice.

I think we dated the same guy

you could do a re-enactment here?

I had the exact opposite - detested it as the most boring story as a teen, but reading over my daughter's shoulder I saw it as a portrait of PTSD and it broke my heart.

Who are the five writers who made you?

Virginia Andrews
Salmon Rushdie
Oscar Wilde
Janette Winterson
Isabel Allende

Guaranteed you are her white knight story forever.

John Howard has the same effect on Australians.

John Howard has the same effect on Australians

Same effect if you mention John Howard to Australians

Does this mean that not all of the snippets are long listed?

My bestie is deaf in one ear from a measles complication from when she was two.

And when we all got chicken pox in high school a girl in the year above me died because the blisters got in her lungs. She was only 15.

I'm still salty about The Straights. Season 1 one was awesome and ended on a cliff hanger, and then was cancelled 😭

I can make gourmet meals from random ingredients at the back of the pantry.

My daughter's boyfriend won me over by asking if I'd like to use my brand new blackhead tools on his blemishes.

CDs?

I also have to tell my husband. dammit

I have a day off and was going to write, but instead I've reversed my car into my neighbour's trailer and now have to deal with insurance and repairs.

Or just a form rejection. A polite "not for me" is more respectful than the dark abyss - especially when there's an expectation to tailor and personalize each query.

Ka pai! Ko Raen toku ingoa ahau.

Kia ora from Kapiti.

#NZwrites

But also "no response is considered a pass"

Saw a colleague for the first time in a while and I couldn't tell if he'd shaved or had been recast