Heather McQuillanMay 16, 20211 minThey are all someone's sonsThere 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...
Heather McQuillanApr 9, 20212 mintime 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...
Heather McQuillanMar 23, 20212 mina window on Titan StreetBeing resident in Dunedin for six months as the Otago University College of Education/ Creative New Zealand Children's Writer in...
Heather McQuillanMar 12, 20214 min5 Good Reasons I Write Flash FictionSince 2014 this short story form has taken a grip on me
Heather McQuillanFeb 24, 20212 minmemories in mistI 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...
Heather McQuillanFeb 24, 20212 minRoutines 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...
Heather McQuillanNov 22, 20201 min2021: My Dunedin AdventureThe biggest surprise in this very surprising year was to be offered a fellowship for 2021 at Otago University. I will be the University...
Heather McQuillanNov 21, 20192 minUntil you know the whole story....Free Teaching notes for Avis and the Promise of Dragons.
Heather McQuillanNov 14, 20192 minWriting is not like Skydiving!Writing is not like Skydiving! You don't have to get it right first time!
Heather McQuillanNov 7, 20192 minInspiration Overrated!"Thought comes with writing, and writing may never come if it is postponed until we are satisfied we have something to say."
Heather McQuillanOct 30, 20191 minPromises Promises‘If every promise made were an egg, then the world would be miles-deep in broken eggshells.’