Road Trip to NaNo: Writing Is a Way of Life

NaNoWriMo is an international event, and we’re taking a Road Trip to NaNo to hear about the stories being written every year in our hundreds of participating regions. Today, Judy L Mohr, Municipal Liaison for the New Zealand :: Christchurch region, shares how her region has shaped her writing:

The writing community in Christchurch, New Zealand is strong, with a long history of writers giving us a legacy we cherish. With New Zealand’s top crime novel award dedicated to Ngaio Marsh, and children’s playgrounds filled with Margaret Mahy’s imagination, we Christchurch writers are surrounded by inspiration. The Pacific Ocean is on one side and the Southern Alps are on the other. The real Middle Earth is only a short drive away.

There is one common theme that runs strongly through the Christchurch writing community: writing is a way of life.