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A Guide to Selecting Your Next Read
Image: A fraction of my 'to be read' pile (Source: Pete Mitchell) Finding your next great read can feel overwhelming with so many options...
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Jul 4, 20255 min read
Why Fiction Matters in an Increasingly Noisy World
Image: An imagined image of a quote by the Turkish/British writer and philosopher Elif Shafak (Source: Chatgpt) In age dominated by...
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May 27, 20253 min read
From Blade Runner to Reverse AI: Are we already in the future?
Image: Promotional poster for the 1981 movie BladeRunner. (Source: Warner Bros.) One of my favourite movies from the 1980s is Blade...
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Apr 18, 20254 min read
Things I like to Hate
Isn’t it refreshing that in a time where so-called influencers continually push the next best thing that we simply must love, someone has...
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Mar 24, 20254 min read
'The Dying Peel': The Impact of Creative AI
Every creative needs a position on creative AI. Image and words Suno (AI) Every creative needs a position on creative AI. To be clear,...
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Mar 11, 20254 min read
A Synthesis of Ancient Aztec Ingredients.
You may never think of avocados the same. (Source: Adobe freestock) Title: A Simple (yet delicious) Synthesis of Chocolate Mousse...
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Feb 4, 20258 min read
Finding Purpose in 2025
A sunset or a sunrise? Renaissanced, not retired. (Source: Pete Mitchell) Its 2025 and I’m back. It may appear that I've been inactive...
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Jan 28, 20253 min read
Hibernation
Image: An author hibernating with a good book (Source: chatgpt4) As you might guess from the image above, I am about to go into...
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Oct 7, 20242 min read
The Importance of Water - a free short story for you.
The relentless hounding is so draining. Every night, as soon as I walk in the door, they pounce. 'Dad. Can we have a pet? We'll look...
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Aug 29, 202413 min read
A Bibliophile’s Travels in Britain
Image: The author with Marjorie Fitzgibbon's sculpture of James Joyce in Dublin (source: Pete Mitchell ) As a confessed bibliophile, few...
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Aug 11, 20246 min read
Can You Love the Writing and Loathe the Book?
Image: An extract from the movie poster for Lolita, by Stanley Kubrick (Source: IMDb) Writing has the power to challenge every sense. It...
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Jun 19, 20245 min read
A Glimpse at the Sydney Writers' Festival '24
Image: A notable quote from Ann Patchett, one of the headline writers at SWF24 (Source: P. Mitchell) "Stephen King famously described...
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May 31, 20244 min read
Not Your Story to Tell: The Potential Perils of a Whitefella Writing on Indigenous Issues.
Image: The summit of Mt Cuthbert in the Monadnocks Conservation, Darling Range (Source: Pete Mitchell). Apologies, I have neglected this...
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May 17, 20246 min read
The Role of Beta Readers and Writing Partners
Image: Beta readers and critique partners can be thought of a test pilots before your manuscript hits the sky. (Source Google) Writing a...
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Apr 21, 20244 min read
Thunderstruck - A free story.
Image: Reimagined cover art for AC/DC's Thunderstruck, off their 1990 album The Razor's Edge. (Source: Deviantart) Here is a flash...
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Apr 13, 20243 min read
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