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He Pao

A pao is a ditty, a short impromptu song or poem to inspire and entertain (it can also mean to stare vacantly). Every Wednesday, inspiration from my creative practice to support yours.

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Decolonising famous writerly advice with Anahera Gildea

Neil Gaiman says you can do whatever you like as long as you do it with enough assurance. Let's unpack that.

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Feeling the fear and publishing anyway

A mihi + a pledge

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Journals keep us honest. Is that why we always want to burn them?

The best writing skill no-one told me about

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First words: If they don’t come to you, then you might have to go out and meet them

It's not procrastination, it's not science, it's something else entirely

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The Story Behind the Story: Whakamomori

It was like an awful, angry, bittersweet gallery of memories and stories. Never any preamble. Just a ricochet of disembodied words, unanswerable questions and occasionally a shard of poetry.

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The ones that got away

You never love a new place the same way you loved the old place. You must learn to love differently.