ngaireruth
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Writer, music critic, academic and mentor |
| Introduction | The stories here are neither my best, or worse, simply the ones I dug out and worked on a day when I was confident enough to post them. I started writing for the underground cultural press in 1987, for Buzz magazine, a rag that spawned a Nirvana press officer, an editor of an awarding winning magazine, and a generous pinch of photographers and writers who gravitated towards the mainstream music press of the 90s, New Musical Express and Melody Maker. I was a weekly writer for the Melody Maker (now defunct), and worked as a section editor for a feminist digital music magazine. I teach digital music journalism as an elective module for second year undergraduates on various creative degree paths, at one of the musical academies. I enjoy being the midwife to their ideas, but I have an urgency to return to my own work, literally stashed in a trunk in my study. I've always written poems, plays and short stories, convincing myself the process of writing is the reward, when in fact it’s down to confidence. All stories are @NgaireRuth |