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An interview with Mandy Hager

There’s an interesting interview with multi-award-winning local author (and current New Zealand Society of Authors’ president) Mandy Hager over on[…]

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“The large print giveth and the small print taketh away,” is a phrase that may well apply to what’s claimed[…]

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People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned. Saul Bellow Saul Bellow (1915-2005) is regarded as[…]

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The ticking clock on The Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award shows that entries close in a little over five[…]

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This seems appropriate after yesterday’s Isaac Asimov quote since Asimov cut his teeth writing for pulp magazines with covers like[…]

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“From my close observation of writers … they fall into two groups: those who bleed copiously and visibly at any[…]

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“Anatidaephobia: the fear that somewhere in the world, a duck or a goose is watching you. Not attacking or touching,[…]

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“Oscar Wilde said that if you know what you want to be, then you inevitably become it. That is your[…]

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Writing isn’t easy and, even after you’ve been doing it for a few years, you’re still a novice. If you[…]

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Writers are generally encouraged to avoid the passive voice because … well, it’s passive. Take sentences like: My car was[…]

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