Babe, that ain't hard
From the separation diaries: for my solo Māmā doing it tough out there
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It's better to write the feelings than to try and outrun them
From the separation diaries
What is the point of art/story?
In (metaphorical) conversation with Jack Trolove and Anahera Gildea
Parenting Through Separation
I look around the room and try to pick the leavers from the leavees but it’s impossible, everyone looks the same. Left/bereft - who can tell the difference?
The only writing prompt you might ever need
I met a couple of kids on the banks of the Wairoa and we got talking.
Decolonising famous writerly advice with Anahera Gildea
Neil Gaiman says you can do whatever you like as long as you do it with enough assurance. Let's unpack that.
Feeling the fear and publishing anyway
A mihi + a pledge
Journals keep us honest. Is that why we always want to burn them?
The best writing skill no-one told me about
First words: If they don’t come to you, then you might have to go out and meet them
It's not procrastination, it's not science, it's something else entirely
If we were logical, the future would be bleak
I felt like we needed some light relief this Wednesday - here's Lois, in a throwback from the archives :)
The myth of 'special treatment' (how not to silence yourself)
It was like an awful, angry, bittersweet gallery of memories and stories. Never any preamble. Just a ricochet of disembodied words, unanswerable questions and occasionally a shard of poetry.
Treasures passed down
Whaea Betz made us think about the things we inherited, and the things we didn’t. It’s difficult to pass on something you did not yourself receive.