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Marketing 101: spruking your Corporate Social Responsibility

Posted on 29 August 202029 August 2020 | Posted By kazzalow

When I was in highschool, one of the most controversial topics of conversation was who your eight best friends on Myspace were. I was one of many girls who used

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What is creativity? How illness helped me challenge the creative myth

Posted on 7 June 20207 June 2020 | Posted By kazzalow

  Let’s go back to early February. I’m curled up on my bed. The pain is everywhere. It’s so bad, I can’t keep still. Moving is involuntary; my whole body

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Low-intensity work can exacerbate burnout

Posted on 19 October 201925 June 2021 | Posted By kazzalow

Last year I burnt myself out. I was working a full time job as a lecturer while writing a novel, publishing poetry, and trying to maintain a freelance career and

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Writing about dystopia: why your book cover matters

Posted on 27 September 201918 November 2019 | Posted By kazzalow

As well as a writer, I’m a UX designer. I’ve wanted to write a more design focused blog post for a while, but it hasn’t seemed wholly relevant to the

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We are very sorry for your loss

Posted on 13 June 201913 June 2019 | Posted By kazzalow

  My step-dad died on Saturday the 11th of May 2019 at 11pm. I put off writing this for a long time, because I honestly had nothing to say. I’m

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Using data to tell stories

Posted on 26 April 201923 July 2020 | Posted By kazzalow

I’ve been working on an application for a grant with writer, David Thomas Henry Wright (he’s really the mastermind behind the project). It’s an electronic literature proposal and it’s been

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Writing and researching military science fiction

Posted on 18 April 201918 April 2019 | Posted By kazzalow

When I started writing my novel, I knew a lot about trauma and nothing about the military. I knew from the very beginning I wanted to filter this experience of

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Author Q and A: David Thomas Henry Wright on electronic literature and short stories

Posted on 3 April 20199 November 2021 | Posted By kazzalow

  Today I’m talking to David Thomas Henry Wright about electronic literature. If this genre is new to you, don’t panic. David defines electronic literature in his interview very succinctly, saying

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Why you should write an outline

Posted on 30 March 201930 March 2019 | Posted By kazzalow

  I did not write an outline for the first draft of my novel, but you should. I wrote about 5,000 words for the 2015 NaNoWriMo challenge. I had no

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Why travelling makes you a better writer

Posted on 20 March 201914 March 2019 | Posted By kazzalow

  I’m a better writer because I travel, which is good, because I travel a lot. Let me demonstrate by looking only at this year so far. I saw 2019

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