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2017

The obscure word of the week is nibletoriginal ↗
28 Feb 2017
New Zealand is earth’s eighth continent. Just mostly underwater.original ↗
26 Feb 2017
Five cool things about TRAPPIST-1 and its seven worldsoriginal ↗
24 Feb 2017
The obscure word of the week is lucubrationoriginal ↗
21 Feb 2017
Why do we always see an apocalypse around the next corner?original ↗
19 Feb 2017
The Earth isn’t flat, but the universe might beoriginal ↗
17 Feb 2017
The obscure word of the week is mantuaoriginal ↗
14 Feb 2017
What’s your favourite super-power?original ↗
12 Feb 2017
Earth’s comet apocalypse at the hands of Gliese 710original ↗
10 Feb 2017
The obscure word of the week is fumetoriginal ↗
9 Feb 2017
Breakfast in space, on an asteroid, in a tin canoriginal ↗
5 Feb 2017
How societies get sucked into authoritarianismoriginal ↗
3 Feb 2017
The obscure word of the week is lusophoneoriginal ↗
31 Jan 2017
Star Wars without the Force – reviewing Rogue 1original ↗
29 Jan 2017
How authoritarian bullies get away with itoriginal ↗
27 Jan 2017
The obscure word of the week is mizzleoriginal ↗
24 Jan 2017
I like my dinosaur cooked with eleven secret herbs and spices. Do you?original ↗
22 Jan 2017
Why 2016 was a historical trend year – not a one-shot disasteroriginal ↗
20 Jan 2017
OMG – the baddest sci-fi mega-mech…e-v-a-h! -reduxoriginal ↗
18 Jan 2017
Why the name of the seventh planet is funny – reduxoriginal ↗
13 Jan 2017
Why 2017 is going to be a cooler year than lastoriginal ↗
1 Jan 2017

2016

In which Elvis and I ruminate on the year from helloriginal ↗
30 Dec 2016
The obscure word of the week is thalwegoriginal ↗
29 Dec 2016
A Christmas card from history…original ↗
23 Dec 2016
The obscure word of the week is privilyoriginal ↗
22 Dec 2016
Who profits from food fads?original ↗
18 Dec 2016
Hot titles from my writing past – and they’re baaaaack!original ↗
17 Dec 2016
In a Death Star showdown, my money’s on The Lexxoriginal ↗
16 Dec 2016
The obscure word of the week is xiphoidoriginal ↗
15 Dec 2016
A list of star systems reached by ‘The Brady Bunch’ broadcastsoriginal ↗
14 Dec 2016
I prefer operating systems that aren’t named after beaches. Or ice cream.original ↗
13 Dec 2016
Where did the commercial Christmas zombie frenzy start?original ↗
11 Dec 2016
Why even non-fiction has to tell a storyoriginal ↗
9 Dec 2016
The obscure word of the week is forredeoriginal ↗
8 Dec 2016
Incredibly, it’s 75 years since Pearl Harbor and war in the Pacificoriginal ↗
6 Dec 2016
Does the Moon cause earthquakes – or is that a bit looney?original ↗
4 Dec 2016
Big brother is watching us because we asked for it – Huxley styleoriginal ↗
3 Dec 2016
The modern face of earthquakes in New Zealandoriginal ↗
2 Dec 2016
The obscure word of the week is sackbutoriginal ↗
1 Dec 2016
How Germany Nearly Won Wikipedia and other search stringsoriginal ↗
30 Nov 2016
Getting the right promotion for your storyoriginal ↗
29 Nov 2016
Ten steps in book writing after the first draft’s doneoriginal ↗
27 Nov 2016
How to juxtapose writing style across content…and laugh…original ↗
25 Nov 2016
The obscure word of the week is banausicoriginal ↗
24 Nov 2016
How to avoid mixing up tenses in your writingoriginal ↗
23 Nov 2016
This week’s NaNo writing promptoriginal ↗
22 Nov 2016
This week’s NaNo writing promptoriginal ↗
21 Nov 2016
Using music to defeat writers’ blockoriginal ↗
20 Nov 2016
Why we get writers’ blockoriginal ↗
18 Nov 2016
The obscure word of the week is louroriginal ↗
17 Nov 2016
A walk through Wellington after the 2016 quakeoriginal ↗
16 Nov 2016
Earthquake, tsunami and floods…original ↗
15 Nov 2016
Defeating the demon that lurks under your writing deskoriginal ↗
13 Nov 2016
Knocking writers’ block into submissionoriginal ↗
11 Nov 2016
The obscure word of the week is persiflageoriginal ↗
10 Nov 2016
How to write compelling dialogueoriginal ↗
9 Nov 2016
This week’s NaNo writing inspirationoriginal ↗
8 Nov 2016
Two five star reviews for ‘Explaining Our Weird Universe’original ↗
7 Nov 2016
An insight into reader reviews of your booksoriginal ↗
6 Nov 2016
Writing is 99 percent sweat… so don’t sweat itoriginal ↗
4 Nov 2016
The obscure word of the week is forquidderoriginal ↗
3 Nov 2016
How to keep focus while you writeoriginal ↗
2 Nov 2016
Getting NaNoWriMo going with a roar on its first dayoriginal ↗
1 Nov 2016
Four things Tolkien got right, and you can toooriginal ↗
30 Oct 2016
Why you need conflict in your noveloriginal ↗
28 Oct 2016
The obscure word of the week is pernoctateoriginal ↗
27 Oct 2016
Five star review for ‘Get Writing Fast’original ↗
26 Oct 2016
Why characters in your novel have to be real, mostlyoriginal ↗
25 Oct 2016
This week’s writing planning promptoriginal ↗
24 Oct 2016
What ‘word count’ really means for writersoriginal ↗
23 Oct 2016
How to grip your readers and hold them to your noveloriginal ↗
21 Oct 2016
The obscure word of the week is mancipleoriginal ↗
20 Oct 2016
How to avoid the dread info-dump in your noveloriginal ↗
19 Oct 2016
Shakespeare – the amazing, fun and immortally rude bardoriginal ↗
18 Oct 2016
This week’s writing planning promptoriginal ↗
17 Oct 2016
Structure is everything for writersoriginal ↗
16 Oct 2016
Bridge building with Albert Einstein and Nathan Rosen. Or, why Stargate can’t happen…original ↗
15 Oct 2016
The joys of coining words for your storyoriginal ↗
14 Oct 2016
The obscure word of the week is ecorcheoriginal ↗
13 Oct 2016
Where to get inspiration for a good storyoriginal ↗
12 Oct 2016
Why a bad first draft is better than no first draftoriginal ↗
11 Oct 2016
This week’s writing planning promptoriginal ↗
10 Oct 2016
How to structure a novel in one easy lessonoriginal ↗
9 Oct 2016
Five ways dragons can breathe fireoriginal ↗
8 Oct 2016
Using un-resolution to make your writing catchyoriginal ↗
7 Oct 2016
The obscure word of the week is haecceityoriginal ↗
6 Oct 2016
The fundamental secret of storytellingoriginal ↗
4 Oct 2016
Get Writing Fast – out this weekend!original ↗
2 Oct 2016
Ways to win NaNoWriMo 2016original ↗
30 Sept 2016
The obscure word of the week is megilporiginal ↗
29 Sept 2016
Get Writing Fast – cover reveal!original ↗
27 Sept 2016
What happens when you’re hit by a marshmallow moving at light speedoriginal ↗
26 Sept 2016
Why ships are more than just steel and lists of statisticsoriginal ↗
25 Sept 2016
The joys of ‘found art’ for writersoriginal ↗
23 Sept 2016
The obscure word of the week is sipeoriginal ↗
22 Sept 2016
Extreme physics as dada art – really!original ↗
20 Sept 2016
Explaining Our Weird Universe 1 – out now!original ↗
17 Sept 2016
Invincibly lost in translationoriginal ↗
16 Sept 2016
The obscure word of the week is stylometryoriginal ↗
15 Sept 2016
Three days until ‘Explaining Our Weird Universe 1’ is unleashed!original ↗
14 Sept 2016
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