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2013

The truth behind the Moon landing conspiracyoriginal ↗
23 Mar 2013
Write it now part 11: ‘how’ not ‘what’, the key secret to writing it bigoriginal ↗
22 Mar 2013
Sixty second writing tips: getting fresh editing eyes by random dippingoriginal ↗
22 Mar 2013
In which your humble author foils a robbery in his own home in daylightoriginal ↗
20 Mar 2013
A howler to remind us how funny language is…original ↗
18 Mar 2013
Unleashing the inner geek put me into a comet coma, I thinkoriginal ↗
16 Mar 2013
Write it now, part 9: seat-of-the-pants writing and why it’s got to have structureoriginal ↗
15 Mar 2013
Sixty second writing tips: coining the right nameoriginal ↗
15 Mar 2013
Inspirations: New Zealand’s wild wild westoriginal ↗
13 Mar 2013
The Acme Instant Logline Generatororiginal ↗
11 Mar 2013
Do you believe in Russell Crowe’s UFO – or any UFO?original ↗
9 Mar 2013
Write it now, part 8: structure is everything in writingoriginal ↗
8 Mar 2013
Sixty second writing tips: getting the right titleoriginal ↗
8 Mar 2013
Inspirations: Music, art, writing and unleashing the inner geekoriginal ↗
7 Mar 2013
Dennis Tito’s Mars 2018 flyby is a dumb idea and I won’t be going.original ↗
3 Mar 2013
Write it now: part 7, the inverted writing pyramidoriginal ↗
2 Mar 2013
Sixty second writing tips: the three sorts of editingoriginal ↗
1 Mar 2013
Kindness 2013: the power of confidence in yourselforiginal ↗
27 Feb 2013
Inspirations: Scotland away from Scotland in New Zealand’s deep southoriginal ↗
25 Feb 2013
Write it now, part 6: the broad skill that is writingoriginal ↗
23 Feb 2013
Sixty Second Writing tip: writers hanging out with writersoriginal ↗
22 Feb 2013
Welcome – thank you – and what’s coming uporiginal ↗
21 Feb 2013
Russian meteor could be Pope resignation conspiracy, but I prefer scienceoriginal ↗
18 Feb 2013
Inspirations: I have seen the sign, and it is funnyoriginal ↗
16 Feb 2013
Write it now part 5: what you’re in for as a writeroriginal ↗
16 Feb 2013
Sixty second writing tips: music for the writing moodoriginal ↗
15 Feb 2013
Bohr, Dirac, Planck, Heisenberg et al vs the ‘Law of Attraction’original ↗
13 Feb 2013
Kindness 2013: revenge – it’s called epic kindness failoriginal ↗
11 Feb 2013
Inspirations: eco-recovery in extreme dirt road trucker landoriginal ↗
9 Feb 2013
Write it now, part 4: beware the death trap of illusory competenceoriginal ↗
8 Feb 2013
Sixty second writing tips: changing your writing frameoriginal ↗
8 Feb 2013
Waitangi Day: the story behind the Treatyoriginal ↗
5 Feb 2013
Kindness 2013: is kindness also weakness?original ↗
3 Feb 2013
Inspirations: summer in the middle of Middle Earthoriginal ↗
2 Feb 2013
Write it now, part 3: passion and learning – the writers’ toolboxoriginal ↗
1 Feb 2013
Sixty second writing tips: avoiding word-count guiltoriginal ↗
1 Feb 2013
How Tolkien became part of my life. Is he part of yours?original ↗
30 Jan 2013
Kindness 2013: thinking about kindness the Asimov wayoriginal ↗
28 Jan 2013
Inspirations: from the ruins, hope risingoriginal ↗
26 Jan 2013
Write it now, part 2: do you write because you have to?original ↗
25 Jan 2013
Sixty Second Writing Tip: four steps to writers’ un-blockoriginal ↗
25 Jan 2013
A small eternity watching ‘The Hobbit’: a personal vieworiginal ↗
23 Jan 2013
Kindness 2013: the many ideas that lead to kindnessoriginal ↗
20 Jan 2013
Dreams stay with you in a big countryoriginal ↗
19 Jan 2013
Write it now, part 1 – so you want to be a writer?original ↗
18 Jan 2013
History mystery: the spy who came in from the oceanoriginal ↗
16 Jan 2013
Sixty second writing tips: all power to John Reuel George R R R R Martin Tolkienoriginal ↗
15 Jan 2013
Kindness 2013: beginning with small stepsoriginal ↗
14 Jan 2013
Inspirations: the spirit of deco and the art of the abstract truthoriginal ↗
6 Jan 2013
Summer skies, blue waters and a promise for the yearoriginal ↗
4 Jan 2013
Let’s make 2013 the year of kindnessoriginal ↗
1 Jan 2013

2012

New Year resolutions? Not for me, thanks.original ↗
31 Dec 2012
Inspirations: the silence and memories of a forgotten cemeteryoriginal ↗
29 Dec 2012
How J R R Tolkien changed the worldoriginal ↗
28 Dec 2012
What’s your favourite model? A tribute to Gerry Anderson’s sci-fioriginal ↗
26 Dec 2012
It’s Christmas again. Where did 2012 go?original ↗
23 Dec 2012
Inspirations: steampunking with Dr Grordbortoriginal ↗
22 Dec 2012
It wasn’t the end of the world as we know it…original ↗
21 Dec 2012
Running the zombie Christmas mall gauntletoriginal ↗
20 Dec 2012
A visit to some old Tolkien filming sites in New Zealandoriginal ↗
18 Dec 2012
A few thoughts on the Connecticut tragedyoriginal ↗
17 Dec 2012
Forget the Mayan rubbish – this is the REAL astro-apocalypse. Now.original ↗
15 Dec 2012
Get your Mayan apocalypse insurance here!original ↗
14 Dec 2012
And now…what next? You tell me…original ↗
14 Dec 2012
Writing is five percent inspiration. The rest is brute force.original ↗
9 Dec 2012
Inspirations: a memorial to US servicemen in New Zealandoriginal ↗
8 Dec 2012
The loss of Force Z – New Zealand’s Pearl Harbororiginal ↗
7 Dec 2012
Pearl Harbor – the Second World War’s 911 attackoriginal ↗
7 Dec 2012
Writing tips: building bridges to readers with tensionoriginal ↗
5 Dec 2012
Writing tip: it’s not word count, it’s qualityoriginal ↗
3 Dec 2012
Inspirations: an era ends, but from it we gain a lesson in human valuesoriginal ↗
2 Dec 2012
Beating the post-NaNo Blues – Part 2original ↗
1 Dec 2012
Beating the post-NaNo Blues, Part 1original ↗
30 Nov 2012
The Hobbit and New Zealand – some final ponderingsoriginal ↗
30 Nov 2012
Soaking up the down-town party buzz on Hobbit premiere dayoriginal ↗
28 Nov 2012
Some penultimate Hobbit excitement before the premieroriginal ↗
27 Nov 2012
The spy and ‘The Hobbit’original ↗
26 Nov 2012
A mashup o’links for Hobbit fansoriginal ↗
25 Nov 2012
Underwhelmed by the middle of Middle Earthoriginal ↗
24 Nov 2012
Pondering the three types of revisionoriginal ↗
23 Nov 2012
Checking out the venue for The Hobbit premiereoriginal ↗
22 Nov 2012
The perils of life around the real Mount Doomoriginal ↗
21 Nov 2012
Writing tips: upping the output by time managementoriginal ↗
19 Nov 2012
Inspirations: Secret Gotham in Hobbit Landoriginal ↗
17 Nov 2012
A lament to the lost world of bookstoresoriginal ↗
16 Nov 2012
Writing tip: adding ‘eyebrows’ to your styleoriginal ↗
14 Nov 2012
Writing tips: writing style, and how to avoid fifty shades of mauveoriginal ↗
12 Nov 2012
Writing inspirations: reflections of Bruggesoriginal ↗
10 Nov 2012
Hot tips for hot book titlesoriginal ↗
10 Nov 2012
The Hobbit movie tipped my sacred cow. But then I got wise.original ↗
9 Nov 2012
Word splurge or word scroogeoriginal ↗
7 Nov 2012
Writing tips: beating the three types of writers’ blockoriginal ↗
5 Nov 2012
Writing inspirations: Wellington’s Tracy Island – er – waterfront museumoriginal ↗
3 Nov 2012
A nano-tip mash up and links for writersoriginal ↗
3 Nov 2012
Tolkien and ‘The Hobbit’ – lessons from a master story telleroriginal ↗
2 Nov 2012
Writing tips: chicken-and-egg character arcsoriginal ↗
1 Nov 2012
Passing the Reality Blog Award to those who deserve itoriginal ↗
30 Oct 2012
Writing tips: learning about character creation from Spockoriginal ↗
29 Oct 2012
Amsterdam’s taxing narrow housesoriginal ↗
28 Oct 2012
Writing inspirations: blustery Otaki beachoriginal ↗
27 Oct 2012
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