Image: Dam in the Perth Hills, author's photo Two of my favourite pastimes, bushwalking and writing are seemingly disparate activities,...

Thanks to those readers who provided feedback on my last blog article on Books on Writing. Your feedback has resulted in a few additions...

Image: Lost in a sea of books? (Source: World's greatest libraries) All writers are readers, right? If they’re not they should be....

Image: Lab team, Eric Sucar. Pacific Nations, long threatened by rising sea levels are rejoicing today's announcement. After tense...

I know it is statistically invalid to base a trend on just two data points. With only two points a straight-line trend is guaranteed. In...

I like chocolate eggs, but the Easter Eggs I love aren’t chocolate. They are the Easter Eggs that are found hiding within stories. In...

I must admit I was nervous about my book launch. It was my debut novel, and you only get one shot at your first launch. At the end of the...

Here’s my list of The Top 20 Podcasts for Writers (plus a few extra) that I’ve curated for you. Not only writing podcasts, though there’s...

Does anyone listen to the radio anymore? Each day I would commute to work on my 65km round trip and listen to the radio. The DJs had...

As we approach 26th January, I was reflecting on the Australian-ness of my novel Darwin’s Wake. Within the story there is unashamedly a...

6pm, Wednesday 1 February Grenville Reserve Hall, Cape Street. Tuart Hill. Join me, author Pete Michell in the celebration of my first...

Artificial intelligence, and robots have come a long way since its early beginnings in the 1950s. From its humble roots as a set of...

A job that I set myself at this time of year is to curate a list of books that I'd like to read over the next twelve months. This year I...

If you’re like me, you always have ambitious goals of reading lots of books each year. Every year I set out with a number of books I plan...

After many years in the dreaming, planning, writing, editing and then writing again it is finally finished. My first novel hits the...

Does every writer (and aspiring writer) suffer from Imposter Syndrome? I feel that I have achieved something by getting the words out of...

In the first instalment of this topic (blog 20/10/22), I mentioned that writing was a possible way to craft a legacy. In this blog, I...

Image: Freestock by Pexels, Thibault Trillet. There are several ways in which I use music in my writing. 1. To create a sense of...

“I write because I would like to live forever” is a quote from the poets.org website. It is attributed to Alvin Feinman, the American...