Who is Ron Murray?
I’m a former English and Indonesian language teacher, trained journalist and marketer who has built a career in corporate and marketing communications – both in house and agency.
Married with two adult sons, I live in Ellerslie Auckland and when not wordsmithing and strategising for clients, I enjoy woodturning, music, yoga, surfing, reading and writing books, poems, songs and blogs for myself (and anyone else who’s interested).
What is Wryt’ings?
I set up Wryt’ings as a place to share my thoughts, learnings, experiences and pure moments of wonderment (good and bad) about the world we live in – as recorded in verse and prose. Part museum, part holding-pen, part showroom and part shop (if you like what you see).
I varied the spelling – adding a ‘y’ and an apostrophe – out of an unshakeable but reasonable addiction to puns (delivered subtly). As well, a lot of what I come across that catches my attention involves the wry twists that occur in life…so – wry t’ings.
I believe a writer’s job is to observe and reflect, bring lightness to the experience when it’s needed, but also truth – which may not be so light. If what happens to me, or what I encounter seems to carry some value as experience recounted, for even just a few people, that’s the payback – the bonus – for me.
My Musings | Blog
Crisis? What Crisis…China Crisis!
Concerts that take my fancy are few and far between at the moment. One I booked earlier this year, couldn't [...]
Getting back
Just saw my first live concert in a long while – cheers COVID. It was filmed 53 years ago. Yeah, [...]
Hitting the spot
Spotify. What’s that about? I know what it does, but working the word-association cogs I still can’t make the connection. [...]
Internal comms – common fails and possible fixes
COVID-19’s impact on the workplace has been vividly depicted on our news channels for many months. It’s been an ongoing [...]
Murex Press
Murex Press is my publishing house, which is a rather grand description for a very small bach at the beach (as it is at the moment!)
A Murex (for the uninitiated) is a spectacular species of shell found around the world in many different configurations and colours. It usually has slender arms radiating off the shell, which appear fragile – but the Murex more than holds its own in the rough and tumble of sub-sea life.
Why Murex? Just love shells – and this is one of the loveliest. Elegant and a little prickly? But run the words Murex and Press together and there’s a hint about what this is all about personally. Ever the punster…