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?
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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.
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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.
Tips & Inspiration
Write the words when they show up or lose them forever
It reminds me that memories make up so much of who we are, but what if we don't get to choose what we retain?
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3 v. simple things that have helped my mental health (and might help yours)
Bookmark this email and come back to it when you are at a low point.
Tips & Inspiration
So you want to publish a book?
Sometimes, publishing can be as simple as having access to the means of production: a printer, glue, and a craft knife.
Essays
Once were maunga: What's crushed when roads are built
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Stuck: On the conditions that ignite or suppress truly creative writing
This type of writing doesn't feel like work. It feels like something between necessity and reward. If I was a bird I guess I'd sing.