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Author: Geoff

Four publishing lessons in four minutes

February 28, 2018 Geoff For Writers, Publishing

In 1995, my first novel, Telling Stories, won the Reed Fiction Award for the best unpublished novel. The prize was[…]

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5 Quotes from Ian Rankin

February 23, 2018 Geoff For Writers

Ian Rankin is author of 21 Inspector Rebus novels along with 20 others. He’s also written plays, graphic novels, short[…]

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Lightbeam lets you spy on web spies

February 1, 2018 Geoff Privacy, Tech Matters

Lightbeam is a simple browser add-on for Firefox that lets you spy on web spies. More specifically, it reveals the[…]

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Hypnotist hypnotises himself

January 16, 2018 Geoff For Readers

Book review Win Bigly: Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don’t Matter by Scott Adams (My rating: click here.) The[…]

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Still time to enter the Mogford Short Story Prize

December 14, 2017 Geoff For Writers

There’s still a few weeks left to enter the Sixth Annual Mogford Food & Drink Short Story Prize. The prize[…]

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Bad Sex Day Tomorrow

November 29, 2017 Geoff For Writers

The winner of the Literary Review’s annual Bad Sex in Fiction Award will be announced tomorrow (30 November). The purpose[…]

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Send your money to the toilet!

November 24, 2017 Geoff Scams

Malaysian Travel Scratchie Scams I knew I’d won at least $100,000 even before I’d scratched the cards. I was so[…]

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Annie Proulx’s National Book Award speech

November 20, 2017 Geoff For Writers

Annie Proulx (pronounced “proo”) was born in 1935, but her first novel wasn’t published until 1992. That novel, Postcards, won[…]

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Famous Razors

October 22, 2017 Geoff For Readers, For Writers, Fun, Quotes

Razors aren’t just for shaving. In philosophy, a razor is a rule of thumb that allows for the elimination (the[…]

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NZ Elections: The Coalition Options

October 7, 2017 Geoff For Writers

After 21 years of MMP elections, I’m surprised at the number of people who don’t really understand the options available[…]

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