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Founder
Kerryn Angell (Profile)
http://www.kerrynangell.com/

I write to challenge myself, to test myself and push myself beyond what I think I can accomplish. I write to learn about people, about places, about culture, about life and about myself. I write to entertain, to create, to teach and to inspire.

I began writing stories soon after I learned to write and have never stopped. I soon began to absorb everything available on writing, attending the Christchurch School for Young Writers by correspondence and being published in Re-draft, gaining a Diploma in Creative Writing from the New Zealand Institute of Business Studies and becoming addicted to writing related challenges with my introduction to National Novel Writing Month.

I have worked on several novels and short stories and I'm working on many more. Along with Kiwi Writers I'm involved in the adminstration of National Novel Editing Month and frequent many other online writing communities.

Techie
Andrew Chilton (Profile)
http://kapiti.geek.nz/

For years I have written things - many things. A travel log, my dreams, a diary and then a blog, all at various stages of my life. I didn't know it was a big part of me until I did NaNoWriMo and only then did my eyes open at how much I enjoyed it. My writing isn't great, but I get great pleasure from it and am hoping to improve.

Joining up with other like minded Kiwis for Kiwi Writers gives me immense pride. My main passion is programming and what better way to enjoy that than developing the KiwiWriters.org website. Finally, thanks to Kerryn for melting a random group of people into a smooth gliding ship setting sail on a big adventure.

Travis Cottreau (Profile)
http://cottreau.blogspot.com/

I wish I'd been an aspiring writer years ago. As it is, I've taken a detour though computer programming and now technical management, and it took Nanowrimo to tell me I had a passion for writing. At the very least, Nanowrimo will be an annual event for me, but hopefully, the Kiwi Writers project will be the Nanowrimo for other, potential writers out there. And, if I can get some stories or even a novel published some day, well that would be just too cool! :-)

Cassie Humphreys (Profile)

I have been having a love affair with the written word since I was very young, though over the years there were times when we weren't really having much to do with each other. I rediscovered my passion a few years ago and wrote my first full novel during Nanowrimo last year, until then it had mostly been short stories, scripts, poetry and the beginnings of novels.

I hope to one day be published and I am quietly working away at my writing until I'm ready to submit (next years the year!). I am also a full time student and a full time step-mum which keeps me very busy.

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Jane Dutton (Profile)
http://angellic.org/

Hello. I am Jane. I have married Chris. I am a Registered Nurse. I live in New Zealand. Oh, writing? I have written some stuff. It is not that great. But it was fun. I would like to write more stuff. I would like to have lots of people nearby who I can talk to about writing it. So then I might learn how to write good. So I am here. I help out with stuff. I enjoy annoying the other people who are doing the important things. I may re-edit this later when it is not 1.45am and I am not at work. Thank you. Please come again.

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