I’m Josh Drummond. I’m a writer, an artist, and I work as freelance contractor and consultant. Want to work together? Email josh@tworuru.com
The description above is a bit meaningless, as is so much work-speak, so this page is here to explain in a bit more detail.
I live in a small town New Zealand with my wife and children. I like cooking, hiking, mountain biking, and playing board games and tabletop RPGs with my friends.
The best cookbooks are Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, and anything by Recipe Tin Eats.
The best hike I’ve done is the Tongariro Crossing.
My TTRPG of choice is Nimble (DMs, convert your D&D 5e adventure to Nimble today!)
Everything on this page was made with my own brain and hands and without the “aid” of AI.
Writing
I’ve written for Stuff, The Spinoff, 7 Days, Webworm, The Waikato Times, Metro (RIP) and many more publications. Here are a couple of recent stories I’m proudest of:
Tech stuff
I am an editor/writer and do tech and moral support for Emily Writes Weekly, one of NZ’s most read blogs/email newsletters.
I’ve moved several publications from Substack to Ghost, including Emily Writes Weekly and Alice’s Soapbox.
I maintain this website, tworuru.com, which acts as my newsletter, art e-commerce site, and blog. It’s made in WordPress, hosted on Dreamhost.
Voiceovers, voice acting, and podcasting
I made this audio documentary podcast for Webworm:
I’ve also done freelance voiceover and voice acting work.
I’ve just started making a weekly podcast with Emily Writes:
Video editing
I edit videos for both myself and clients. These are good examples of the sort of stuff I make.
@tworuru This absolute unit of a duck has blessed your timeline to pass on a very important message: you’re wonderful. Pass the duck on to someone who needs to hear it. #motivation #painting #rubberducky #bobross #positivity ♬ Wes Anderson-esque Cute Acoustic – Kenji Ueda
Contracting and consulting work
My latest contracting work is the website, videos, and case study for Beyond Expectations. I also consulted on their social media and marketing strategy.
A few of my many projects
I wrote and edited the Pacesetters books for Xero. To my knowledge they are the first piece of marketing that accountants formed an orderly queue to pay $30 for.
I was a researcher for the documentary film Tickled, directed by David Farrier and Dylan Reeve.
I created the Bird Hat Grift Club, an actually-working parody of NFT schemes that were at the time incredibly hyped and are now deservedly mocked.
I wrote the copy and co-created an AI disclosure project with Walter Lim, called Responsible AI Disclosure. It was one of the first of its kind; today, there are many such projects.
Art projects
I have a lot of these and I am a bit behind with my portfolio, but you can see a reasonable selection at my Portfolio page.
Want to work together? Email josh@tworuru.com