Essays
Giving a shit
It's the first time I've felt my empathy turning into something solid and shameful.
Nadine Hura
The seasons keep turning
In my experience, grief always has the capacity to surprise you. In both beautiful and unbearable ways - sometimes at the same time.
Tips & Inspiration
You gotta not doubt it
Writing is only one of the tasks of writing, the other is believing that you can and should and have something worthwhile to say.
Tips & Inspiration
Should you do a writing course?
And if you can't, here's some suggestions.
"We kill our own with the weapons of the enemy"
On the perilous role of the reviewer
Essays
Writing hack to defeat the doubt
How do you stay engaged when the process isn't fun? How do you keep the faith when you feel like everything you write is shit?
Tips & Inspiration
A concrete block on a dream
No book emerges without some kind of external support or sacrifice or privilege.
Poppin' off Pānui
Poppin' off Pānui 11: Words to survive by
How can we relate? Always, it's the poets who show us.
Essays
19 on the Mean Streets (a forgiveness poem)
Creative tip: write your journals in verse!!!
Tips & Inspiration
Time to Write is Always Stolen
So get used to thieving
Essays
Every time you laugh out loud, Luxon gets cramp (and other spells)
How can we ever hope to create a different world if we have lost the capacity to dream?
Essays
How to Love when the world is imploding
Remembering is the work. Seeing clearly is the work. Naming correctly is the work.