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    Heather McQuillan

    writer and teacher

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    They are all someone's sons
    Heather McQuillan
    • May 16, 2021
    • 1 min

    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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    time to start the restart!
    Heather McQuillan
    • Apr 9, 2021
    • 2 min

    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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    a window on Titan Street
    Heather McQuillan
    • Mar 23, 2021
    • 2 min

    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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    5 Good Reasons I Write Flash Fiction
    Heather McQuillan
    • Mar 12, 2021
    • 4 min

    5 Good Reasons I Write Flash Fiction

    Since 2014 this short story form has taken a grip on me
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    memories in mist
    Heather McQuillan
    • Feb 24, 2021
    • 2 min

    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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    Routines and re-setting
    Heather McQuillan
    • Feb 24, 2021
    • 2 min

    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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    2021: My Dunedin Adventure
    Heather McQuillan
    • Nov 22, 2020
    • 1 min

    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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    Until you know the whole story....
    Heather McQuillan
    • Nov 21, 2019
    • 2 min

    Until you know the whole story....

    Free Teaching notes for Avis and the Promise of Dragons.
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    Writing is not like Skydiving!
    Heather McQuillan
    • Nov 14, 2019
    • 2 min

    Writing is not like Skydiving!

    Writing is not like Skydiving! You don't have to get it right first time!
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    Inspiration Overrated!
    Heather McQuillan
    • Nov 7, 2019
    • 2 min

    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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    Promises Promises
    Heather McQuillan
    • Oct 30, 2019
    • 1 min

    Promises Promises

    ‘If every promise made were an egg, then the world would be miles-deep in broken eggshells.’
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