Tag: Creative Writing
Short Story: The Dancer
What does it mean to get lost in the dance? I arrive late in the evening. She opens the door, half shocked that I’m even there. We sit in different chairs with Japanese food between us. Sushi, fish and some hot gyoza, in these little rectangular brown cardboard boxes. “A feast,” she says, staring at ...
Creative Writing: A Thing Beyond Hope, Chapter 1
Chapter 1 of my coming-of-age novel, A Thing Beyond Hope.
Creative Writing: A Thing Beyond Hope
My coming-of-age novel, A Thing Beyond Hope, is now out! Get your copy today! :)
Creative Writing: To Be Alive Again
Two men enter. Both are young. Ray is frantic, over-excited, pushing to the front of the stage and eager to seemingly shout at the audience in front of him. The other (Mort) is more cautious, quiet on his toes, working his way more slowly to the front. He carries a book in his right hand, ...
How to Write a Thesis Worth Writing
Recently I've been writing this book on how to write a thesis worth writing. It combines various lessons I've learnt along the way in my own PhD journey. Here's a brief synopsis: What I aim to do in this book is to give you some tips and ideas on how to write a thesis worth ...
Creative Writing: The Beautiful Literal Truth
The Beautiful Literal Truth: There’s this thing when people say “reach for the stars,” but those same people, you’d never find them standing alone one night out in the far countryside with their arms outstretched to the night time sky. No, that would be weird. They talk about the reaching, but they wouldn’t ever actually ...
