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2015

Summer writing inspirations – Monarch caterpillars original ↗

14 Jan 2015

Searching for that elusive exo-Earth original ↗

13 Jan 2015

Thoughts about Shakespeare spurred by Fay Weldon’s ‘Letters to Alice On First Reading Jane Austen’original ↗

12 Jan 2015

Summer writing inspirations – beauty emerging from the ruins of a city original ↗

11 Jan 2015

Why I felt let down by The Hobbit movies original ↗

10 Jan 2015

Essential writing skills: writing for kids ain’t simple original ↗

9 Jan 2015

Summer writing inspirations – a statue pointing backwards like an inept Silver Surfer original ↗

8 Jan 2015

Summer writing inspirations – towering Redwoods in an unlikely place original ↗

7 Jan 2015

What happens when somebody does something stupid to the environment original ↗

6 Jan 2015

Canterbury quakes a reminder of the coming Alpine Apocalypse original ↗

5 Jan 2015

Writing inspirations – slow food from traditional times original ↗

4 Jan 2015

Zero gravity day is a total hoax. Email me on 5 Jan to say I’m right.original ↗

3 Jan 2015

Summer writing inspirations – a rainbow umbrella in sun original ↗

3 Jan 2015

Essential writing skills: sharing the writing skill-base original ↗

2 Jan 2015

Summer writing inspirations – beach textures in grey original ↗

1 Jan 2015

2014

Welcome to 2015, and hope for a wonderful year to come original ↗

31 Dec 2014

Wrapping up the year by the numbers original ↗

30 Dec 2014

Summer writing inspirations – a classic Kiwi camping ground original ↗

29 Dec 2014

Essential writing skills: what is it about book size envy?original ↗

28 Dec 2014

Summer writing inspirations – a slice of California in the South Pacific original ↗

26 Dec 2014

Remembering the spirit of Christmas original ↗

23 Dec 2014

Another Christmas commercial frenzy – bah humbug!original ↗

22 Dec 2014

Essential writing skills: finding the right words to write original ↗

21 Dec 2014

Historical headlines in the style of internet click-bait…original ↗

20 Dec 2014

Essential writing skills: the principle of editorial fresh eyes original ↗

19 Dec 2014

Writing inspirations – remembering the greatest navigators of the first millennium original ↗

18 Dec 2014

Writing inspirations – a coffee bar for gentlemen, apparently original ↗

17 Dec 2014

The stupidity of Nazi super-science. And hurrah for British boffins!original ↗

16 Dec 2014

Writing inspirations – living the golden age Hollywood fantasy original ↗

15 Dec 2014

Essential writing skills: editing as writing and why it’s important original ↗

14 Dec 2014

How to stoke your Kindle with “Coal”original ↗

13 Dec 2014

Essential writing skills: fixing that first draft original ↗

12 Dec 2014

Writing inspirations – the magnificent Buller Gorge, in mist original ↗

11 Dec 2014

Orion’s first flight is good news – but can NASA sell the space dream?original ↗

9 Dec 2014

Writing inspirations – about to fly original ↗

8 Dec 2014

Essential writing skills: getting the details right in historical fiction original ↗

7 Dec 2014

Plunging into Facebook…finally…original ↗

6 Dec 2014

Essential writing skills: Tolkien and character arcs as an editing tool for writers original ↗

5 Dec 2014

Writing inspirations – a panorama of Port Jackson from north head original ↗

4 Dec 2014

The really annoying thing about time travel stories original ↗

2 Dec 2014

NaNoWriMo – don’t dream it’s over…original ↗

30 Nov 2014

Essential writing skills: pinning down the muse when deadlines press original ↗

29 Nov 2014

Essential writing skills: finding that ‘Goldilocks’ word original ↗

28 Nov 2014

Writing inspirations – an old farmhouse, crumbling with time original ↗

27 Nov 2014

Writing inspirations – the 1930s as we would wish them to be original ↗

26 Nov 2014

Writing inspirations – Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney original ↗

25 Nov 2014

I give Russell Crowe an F in Gallipoli history original ↗

24 Nov 2014

Essential writing skills: how ‘pantsing’ can lead you adrift. Beware.original ↗

23 Nov 2014

Essential writing skills: plugging on, even when it’s boring original ↗

22 Nov 2014

Essential writing skills: the importance of styling original ↗

21 Nov 2014

Writing inspirations – a city street seller in Sydney original ↗

20 Nov 2014

Writing inspirations – another golden age Deco moment original ↗

20 Nov 2014

Writing inspirations – a wonderful deco-era hotel original ↗

19 Nov 2014

Selfies with dinosaurs – the angry birds of the chalk era original ↗

18 Nov 2014

Writing inspirations – the stories an old boat might tell original ↗

17 Nov 2014

Essential writing skills: keeping focus as you write original ↗

16 Nov 2014

Why this week’s comet landing is way better than celebrity butt-fests original ↗

15 Nov 2014

Essential writing skills: action, contemplation, or both?original ↗

14 Nov 2014

Essential writing skills: why a bad first draft is better than no first draft original ↗

13 Nov 2014

Writing inspirations – big sky and big country original ↗

12 Nov 2014

Did T-Rex really have feathers and taste of chicken?original ↗

11 Nov 2014

Essential writing skills: fifty-plus shades of character original ↗

9 Nov 2014

Essential writing skills: learning from Heinlein about keeping that plot plausible original ↗

8 Nov 2014

Essential writing skills: engaging your characters with the plot original ↗

7 Nov 2014

Writing inspirations – an invigorating walk around a wonderful bay original ↗

6 Nov 2014

Writing inspirations – the magic of Oriental bay beach original ↗

5 Nov 2014

Essential writing skills: sitting down at the typewriter and bleeding original ↗

4 Nov 2014

Writing inspirations – the excitement of urban renewal original ↗

3 Nov 2014

Essential writing skills: the secret to writing quickly AND well original ↗

2 Nov 2014

Putting this week’s space tragedies into perspective. It’s ROCKET science, folks original ↗

1 Nov 2014

Essential writing skills: summing up the secret to writing that NaNo novel original ↗

31 Oct 2014

Writing inspirations – Monet’s garden, for quiet contemplation original ↗

30 Oct 2014

Writing inspirations – Hollywood-style magic from the golden age of deco original ↗

29 Oct 2014

Essential writing skills: grammar – the writer’s playground original ↗

28 Oct 2014

Fun, sun and the usual Spinal Tap hilarity on the other side of the ditch original ↗

27 Oct 2014

Essential writing skills: what Lucas and Tolkien show us about the hero journey original ↗

26 Oct 2014

Essential writing skills: the core of novel writing original ↗

25 Oct 2014

Essential writing skills: ways to build a real character for your novel original ↗

24 Oct 2014

Writing inspirations – the glory of Notre Dame Cathedral original ↗

23 Oct 2014

Writing inspirations – Sydney harbour on a sunny Saturday original ↗

22 Oct 2014

Collisions of coal: an author’s perspective original ↗

21 Oct 2014

Writing inspirations – Gandalf and friend in Wellington airport original ↗

20 Oct 2014

Essential writing skills: understanding points of view and other novel-writing puzzles original ↗

19 Oct 2014

Writing inspirations – deco dreaming original ↗

18 Oct 2014

Essential writing skills: what Ebenezer Scrooge teaches us about character arcs original ↗

17 Oct 2014

Writing inspirations – sombre gravestones in a sudden sun original ↗

16 Oct 2014

Finding the balance between writing well and writing weird original ↗

15 Oct 2014

My problem, as a bloke, with Top Gear, number plates and laddish silliness original ↗

14 Oct 2014

Solving the biggest NaNoWriMo challenge original ↗

13 Oct 2014

Essential writing skills: pantsing and planning your writing original ↗

12 Oct 2014

Writing inspirations – suddenly it was 1930 original ↗

11 Oct 2014

Essential writing skills: three steps to starting that novel from scratch original ↗

10 Oct 2014

Fellow writers – here’s the 2014 NaNo inspiration schedule.original ↗

9 Oct 2014

Why New Zealand doesn’t need to worry about a zombie apocalypse original ↗

7 Oct 2014

Is Comet Siding Spring going to turn our Mars probes into shredded tinfoil?original ↗

5 Oct 2014

It’s NaNoWriMo time again – and here’s the deal original ↗

4 Oct 2014

Essential writing skills: climbing the hidden mountain of writing original ↗

3 Oct 2014

Writing inspirations – inside the cathedral of light, Sainte Chappelle original ↗

2 Oct 2014

Real physics is just weird sometimes. Like, totally.original ↗

30 Sept 2014

Forecasting New Zealand’s seismic apocalypse original ↗

28 Sept 2014