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, 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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Heather McQuillan
- Mar 24, 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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Heather McQuillan
- Mar 13, 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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Heather McQuillan
- Feb 25, 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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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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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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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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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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Heather McQuillan
- Nov 8, 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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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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