{"id":508,"date":"2009-08-06T21:41:32","date_gmt":"2009-08-06T09:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dfmamea.com\/blog\/?page_id=508"},"modified":"2025-03-18T11:31:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T22:31:22","slug":"other-writing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dfmamea.com\/blog\/other-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"Other Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Besides the blog<\/a>, there are these sometimes published articles and essays, sometimes about screenwriting.<\/p>\n

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TIGILAU VS SEIA<\/strong> (2024, A Treasury of Traditional Tales<\/a><\/em>, Lonely Planet)
\nA retelling of a S\u0101moan myth about a young man given three increasingly dangerous tasks.<\/p>\n

RETURN TO KAIMAI<\/b><\/a> (2020, Bullshooter<\/em>)
\nOne writer’s return to the Kaimai Range.<\/p>\n

FUN IN WHANGANUI<\/b> <\/a>(2020, Bullshooter<\/em>)
\nOne writer’s dirty weekend in Whanganui.<\/p>\n

A LONG WAY, BABY<\/b>\u00a0<\/em> (2018,\u00a0Playmarket Annual<\/em>)
\nA review of Floating Islanders<\/em><\/a> by Lisa Warrington and David O’Donnell.<\/p>\n

LOOSE CANONS<\/b><\/a> (2018, Pantographic Punch<\/em>)
\nFive things that inform my writing.<\/p>\n

KAIMAI WARM UP<\/b><\/a> (2018, Bullshooter<\/em>)
\nOne writer’s day on the Kaimai Range.<\/p>\n

DOUBLE TAP<\/strong> (2018, Bullshooter<\/em>)
\nOne writer’s return to a first love.<\/p>\n

HARD AND FAST<\/b><\/a> (2017, Bullshooter<\/em>)
\nOne writer tries a new discipline on the national stage.<\/p>\n

MARCH MADNESS<\/b> (2017, Bullshooter<\/em>)
\nOne writer’s busy month.<\/p>\n

MY FIRST .45<\/a><\/b> (2017)
\nOne writer’s exploration of the tension between considered research and impulse buying.<\/p>\n

THE ROAD TO THE WORLDS<\/a><\/b> (2016, Bullshooter<\/i>)
\nOne writer’s journey of self-discovery on a world stage.<\/p>\n

THE ROAD TO THE NORTH ISLAND CHAMPS<\/a><\/b> (2015, Bullshooer<\/i>)
\nOne writer’s journey of self-discovery at a regional level.<\/p>\n

THE THAMES VALLEY SUPER LEAGUE<\/a><\/b> (2015, Bullshooter<\/i>)
\nOne writer’s first away competition.<\/p>\n

HARD SELL<\/a><\/b> (2008, The Pitch Engine<\/i>)
\nOne writer’s handwringing about pitching.<\/p>\n

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DO BETTER<\/a><\/b> (2007, The Pitch Engine<\/i>)
\nA diatribe – and whoa!<\/i> some suggestions! – about bad story-telling.<\/p>\n

A BLESSED WARM BLOG<\/a><\/b> (2007, The Pitch Engine<\/i>)
\nA heartwarming tale about avoiding writing.<\/p>\n

FEATURE FILM VIRGIN<\/a><\/b> (2006, WriteUp<\/a>)
\nA soft-focussed and unreliable reminiscence of an ultra-no-budget feature production.<\/p>\n

WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE<\/a><\/b> (2006)
\nA fictionalised exchange of emails on a writer-for-hire gig.<\/p>\n

KIMBO<\/a><\/b> (2005)
\nBig, dumb, ridiculous fun. Used as a prop in some reality programme prank.<\/p>\n

ON BECOMING A SCREENWRITER<\/a><\/b> (2005, WriteUp<\/i>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Besides the blog, there are these sometimes published articles and essays, sometimes about screenwriting. TIGILAU VS SEIA (2024, A Treasury of Traditional Tales, Lonely Planet) A retelling of a S\u0101moan myth about a young man given three increasingly dangerous tasks. RETURN TO KAIMAI (2020, Bullshooter) One writer’s return to the Kaimai Range. FUN IN WHANGANUI … <\/p>\n

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