Lizzi Tremayne's Blog

Good morning all!

The wonderful Genna Peka of Shop local Waihi is highlighting local businesses in the wake of COVID. Lizzi Tremayne / Elizabeth Thompson and her work were lucky enough to be hosted for the first of the weekly introductory videos! Thanks so much Genna and Sacha Urlich!

In case you aren't aware, New Zealand underwent a complete lockdown, to the level of no one into the country unless residents or those with special need to be here allowed in, and even those had a two week quarantine in a quarantine hotel upon arrival.

Continue reading Lizzi Tremayne Featured on Shop Local Waihi! at Lizzi Tremayne Author.

Rewena Bread, Traditional Māori Bread!

Most of you know me as a writer, but I’m also an equine (horse) veterinarian and teacher.  With the onset of COVID-19 home isolation or quarantine, or School Time Out, I wanted to use what I've learned through my life to help as many of you as possible to enjoy the extra time you get to spend with your families. And your kitchen!

Yeast has been in short supply lately around here, so this seemed the best time to put this recipe out!

Continue reading Covid Home Sanity: Issue #3: No Yeast? Make REWENA BREAD! at Lizzi Tremayne Author.

Simple Bread Making without Fuss… or a Fancy Kitchen, for Kids and Grownups Together

Hi all!

Most of you know me as a writer, but I’m also an equine (horse) veterinarian. After an injury, I thought I’d never practice again, so I went back to university and completed a Graduate Diploma to teach secondary biology and chemistry.

I’m now back practicing veterinary medicine again, but with the onset of COVID-19 home isolation or quarantine, or School Time Out, I wanted to help as many of you as possible to enjoy the extra time you get to spend with your families.

Continue reading Covid Home Sanity: Issue #2: Simple Bread Making without Fuss! at Lizzi Tremayne Author.

Home Sanity 1

Hi all!

Most of you know me as a writer, but I’m also an equine (horse) veterinarian. After an injury, I thought I’d never practice again, so I went back to university and completed a Graduate Diploma to teach secondary biology and chemistry.

I’m now back practicing veterinary medicine again, but with the onset of COVID-19 home isolation or quarantine, or School Time Out, I wanted to help as many of you as possible to enjoy the extra time you get to spend with your families. 

Continue reading Covid Home Sanity (for Kids and Everyone Else): Issue #1 Volcanos! at Lizzi Tremayne Author.

Hi all! Climbing out from under my writing rock to let you know it's Read an Ebook Week  from March 2nd-8th!

They're even for kids, see?Kobo Buy One Get One Free

What better way to celebrate Read and Ebook Week than with Kobo's March Buy 1 Get 1 Free special on Romantic Suspense Ebooks?

You'll find all of my Long Trails series books in here, at half off!

Continue reading It’s Read an Ebook Week! at Lizzi Tremayne Author.

The Year Without a Summer?

All of our thoughts from New Zealand are with our Australian cousins in this time of the fires which are devastating their already hot and dry lands. Climate change there has had disastrous consequences which I needn’t repeat here.

See more here: Australian fires on BBC

We’re seeing the atmospheric results of it in New Zealand already.

In Waihi, in the North Island of New Zealand, I awoke on the first day of January to see this out my bedroom window… No filters, no colours.

Continue reading Will The Year Without a Summer Happen Again? at Lizzi Tremayne Author.

Hiya! Today, it’s a short note!  I have a fun BookBub surprise I’d like to share with you.

I’ve teamed up with 30 fantastic authors to give away a huge collection of Literary, Historical, and Women’s Fiction books to 2 lucky winners, PLUS a brand new eReader to the Grand Prize winner!

You can win the first novel in my Long Trails series, A LONG TRAIL ROLLING, plus books from authors like Maureen Joyce Connolly, Falguni Kothari, Gabriel Farago, and more — just by following me and other great Literary, Historical, and Women’s Fiction authors on BookBub! 

Continue reading BookBub… for Readers of Historical, Women’s & Literary Fic! at Lizzi Tremayne Author.

Hello my lovely reader!

I wondered if you could help me?

I need to know your favourite historical Scottish names… to use in my upcoming Historical Fiction novel, nay, a series, starting in the time of the Highland Clearances in 1815 and going through the 1860s.

I need a heroine name and a hero name.

True West Magazine

True West Senior Editor Stuart Rosebrook PhD reviewed A Long Trail Rolling a few years ago and I was searching for it to go into an application for the NZ Book Council. Couldn't find it, though, could I?  But boy, was I excited to find this!  Must be a bit slow–it was from 2016!

Even better, Dr. Rosebrook wants to see the rest of the books!

Continue reading True West 2016 Best Western Romance! at Lizzi Tremayne Author.

When you write historical fiction and are invited by a group of historians (both Pākeha and Māori) who research and live (and whose ancestors lived…) in the exact area you've written about in one of your historical novels… well, you might forgive me for being a bit nervous. Perhaps even historically terrified!

It was well received, but one never knows if it's politeness or not… but after the email I just received, well… it makes it all worth it.

Continue reading An Historically Pleasant Surprise! at Lizzi Tremayne Author.