Putting out words for your business – five great free online tools you can write on

I’m a Whangarei writer offering content and copywriting services to Northland, Auckland and inbetween. I’d like to share a few of my favourite online tools for…

Entering the Ockham NZ Book Awards for 2019

The short story collection TRUE? by Michael Botur has been launched, and it will surely be longlisted for NZ’s premier book awards.  Last year, after launching…

Storyselling: Content and telling narratives about brands

‘Narrative’ and ‘storytelling are being talked about by the marketing world. Yay! My skillset is finally a buzzword (plus ‘content,’ too – apparently nobody says ‘writing’…

How To Write A Media Release (Press Release)

How to put out a media release / press release which will get picked up and published Don’t feel humble or unworthy when it comes to…

Writing services for Whangarei, Northland and Auckland – September update

Newsletters, blogs, content, copy, drafts, transcription, journalism, advertorial writing… twas a busy month.  It’s been a month since I wrote a round-up about the writing services…

Auckland Fiction Writing Workshop – Taking The Power Back

Fiction Writing Workshop – Taking The Power Back Ellen Melville Centre – Marilyn Waring Room, 2 Freyberg Pl, Auckland   Indie author Michael Botur is delivering…

You name it, I’ll write it – blogging for businesses

A good blog, factually and legally sound, can generate a lot of page hits for a business, and also fill up a newsletter nicely. Check out…

What is with NZHerald.co.nz moving its web pages around constantly?

Anyway, here’s a buncha stuff I have written over the years: World War One stories for NZ Herald campaign Regular news beat reporting for news service…

A little travel writing for ya: Northland’s cold volcanoes

Northland Rocks: a week climbing cold volcanoes Michael Botur   How many volcanoes have you climbed since Monday? Up the top of the country, you could…

Support your local: Bizspace in Kerikeri

Hotdesking rocks. Now it’s available up north. Forget all that nonsense written by people who claim to love working from home in their pyjamas. Pyjamas are…