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Books on Writing - Addendum.
Thanks to those readers who provided feedback on my last blog article on Books on Writing. Your feedback has resulted in a few additions...
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May 3, 20233 min read
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Books On Writing
Image: Lost in a sea of books? (Source: World's greatest libraries) All writers are readers, right? If they’re not they should be....
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Apr 21, 20235 min read
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Stunning Scientific Breakthrough
Image: Lab team, Eric Sucar. Pacific Nations, long threatened by rising sea levels are rejoicing today's announcement. After tense...
petemitchellauthor
Mar 25, 20234 min read
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Hooray for Writers' Festivals.
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...
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Mar 21, 20233 min read
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I Love Easter Eggs
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...
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Mar 6, 20232 min read
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My Recipe for a Successful Book Launch
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...
petemitchellauthor
Feb 8, 20235 min read
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The 20 Best Podcasts for Writers.
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...
petemitchellauthor
Jan 26, 20237 min read
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Have Podcasts killed Radio?
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...
petemitchellauthor
Jan 22, 20232 min read
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Do I Need a Glossary?
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...
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Jan 15, 20233 min read
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Book Launch & Author Event
6pm, Wednesday 1 February Grenville Reserve Hall, Cape Street. Tuart Hill. Join me, author Pete Michell in the celebration of my first...
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Jan 11, 20231 min read
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Robots, AI and Creative Writing
Artificial intelligence, and robots have come a long way since its early beginnings in the 1950s. From its humble roots as a set of...
petemitchellauthor
Jan 5, 20233 min read
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Burning Books
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...
petemitchellauthor
Dec 29, 20223 min read
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Book of the Year Selections.
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...
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Dec 16, 20224 min read
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The Big Announcement
After many years in the dreaming, planning, writing, editing and then writing again it is finally finished. My first novel hits the...
petemitchellauthor
Dec 11, 20222 min read
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Imposter Syndrome in writers and beyond
Does every writer (and aspiring writer) suffer from Imposter Syndrome? I feel that I have achieved something by getting the words out of...
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Dec 5, 20222 min read
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Why I Write (Part 2)
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...
petemitchellauthor
Nov 27, 20222 min read
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Music and Writing
Image: Freestock by Pexels, Thibault Trillet. There are several ways in which I use music in my writing. 1. To create a sense of...
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Nov 14, 20222 min read
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Why I write (Part 1)
“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...
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Oct 20, 20222 min read
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