What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

I read a writing guide a few years ago that was really good, but I can't remember the title. I remember the cover was blue, the writer was a teen novelist from New Zealand and it had tips and a few prompts including "beautiful people ugly noses.

Well, at the risk of being thought that I can't tell the difference between New Zealand and Australia, John Marsden is a teen author who wrote a writing guide with a blue cover:

No, sorry the writer of the one I read was a woman.

I can't think of any NZ female teen writers who have written books about writing. The only one that comes to mind is Joy Cowley's Writing from the Heart: How to Write for Children but that's got a red cover and her writing tends to be for younger audiences.

Perhaps this? Tasmanian author though, not NZ. Blue cover (see Librarything for cover).
Storytrack : A Practical Guide to Writing for Children in Australia and New Zealand by Sally Farrell Odgers
Kangaroo Press Pty Ltd (1989), Paperback, 159 pages

Nope.

Maybe Writing and Publishing: The Ultimate Teen Guide

This sounds like the kind of guide you are talking about, and it is by a woman, but I don't believe she is from NZ:

Here we go - blue, female author from NZ who writes teen books. Is this it?

Definitely it!!! THANKS!!!

You're welcome. :-D

Samantha, just to confirm, is your book Juicy Writing: Inspiration and Techniques for Young Writers or Seize the Story: A Handbook for Teens Who Like to Write?

Juicy Writing....read it and found great inspiration.

Great! Thanks Samantha.