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Kris Ashton
Mar 10, 20194 min read
Don’t let word count envy ruin your life
There are more than the usual number of reasons to read the latest edition of Australia’s longest-running speculative fiction journal,...
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Kris Ashton
Aug 31, 20173 min read
When three months becomes three years
Parenthood changes your life. It’s natural to rail against this change, to try to retain your ‘old life’ as much as possible, but it’s...
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Kris Ashton
Feb 25, 20153 min read
In defense of the thesaurus, or, the difference between active and passive vocabulary
I am going to disagree with Stephen King. Again. A link to an interesting article popped up in my Facebook feed this week. Penned by...
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Kris Ashton
Dec 8, 20143 min read
Why you should ignore Stephen King's On Writing
Books that try to teach writing often run into trouble, because writing is not a one-size-fits-all occupation. What works for one writer...
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Kris Ashton
Nov 20, 20142 min read
How reading teaches you to write
In his book On Writing (now a modern non-fiction classic), Stephen King delivers a simple ultimatum to wannabe authors: If you don’t have...
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Kris Ashton
Apr 2, 20143 min read
Did I kill an author with kindness?
The novice writer who is trying to get published is prone to developing a persecution complex. I know I did. After all, I had spent my...
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