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Heather McQuillan
May 16, 20211 min read
They are all someone's sons
There are a lot of young men in my packed close-together neighbourhood. Young women too but their voices don't carry the same on the cool...
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Heather McQuillan
Apr 10, 20212 min read
time to start the restart!
Today marks two months since I started my residency in Dunedin. It also marks the day that draft one of my novel is completed. My...
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Heather McQuillan
Mar 24, 20212 min read
a window on Titan Street
Being resident in Dunedin for six months as the Otago University College of Education/ Creative New Zealand Children's Writer in...
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Heather McQuillan
Mar 13, 20214 min read
5 Good Reasons I Write Flash Fiction
Since 2014 this short story form has taken a grip on me
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Heather McQuillan
Feb 25, 20212 min read
memories in mist
I hear the name of our destination as we explore a new piece of coastline. I ask, is this the only road in? and I think of the police...
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Heather McQuillan
Feb 24, 20212 min read
Routines and re-setting
I've been in Dunedin for two weeks now. This is a city I've visited before but never got to know. I joked that every time I visited it...
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Heather McQuillan
Nov 22, 20201 min read
2021: My Dunedin Adventure
The biggest surprise in this very surprising year was to be offered a fellowship for 2021 at Otago University. I will be the University...
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Heather McQuillan
Nov 21, 20192 min read
Until you know the whole story....
Free Teaching notes for Avis and the Promise of Dragons.
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Heather McQuillan
Nov 14, 20192 min read
Writing is not like Skydiving!
Writing is not like Skydiving!
You don't have to get it right first time!
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Heather McQuillan
Nov 8, 20192 min read
Inspiration Overrated!
"Thought comes with writing, and writing may never come if it is postponed until we are satisfied we have something to say."
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Heather McQuillan
Oct 30, 20191 min read
Promises Promises
‘If every promise made were an egg, then the world would be miles-deep in broken eggshells.’
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