Author Archives: darusha

I have recently been rewatching one of my favourite shows from my youth: Magnum PI. I was expecting a nostalgic dose of epic cheese but instead I’ve been reminded about what it takes to craft a compelling series story – real characters. I remembered Magnum PI as car chases, shootouts, witty repartee, aggressive moustaches and gorgeous scenery (I’m talking about Hawaii). It has all that, but so much more that I’d missed or forgotten. What sets Magnum PI apart from …

Over at scribl.com, Fire. Escape. is back to being a free download, so now is a great time to go pick it up in preparation for the Sir Julius Vogel Awards. But, because of their crowd-pricing algorithm, if a bunch of people take up that offer, the price will change. So, if you are a Vogel voter, and you can’t get a free copy from scribl, shoot me an email at darusha@darusha.ca and I’ll send you an ebook copy in the …

After Simon Petrie and Mary Victoria, I give you found poetry from one of the spam comments received here. the grip for Chloe catch sight of: next to Chloe (since sponge bag series) is the love of various girls, but conflicting new bags. some people assume the opulence of the grip not consummate, and it is ring, no aesthetic feeling. no matter how– some extremely like, conceive of, see. by Chloe, on occasions include that lovely series especially like, see. …

My novella Fire. Escape. has been shortlisted for this year’s Sir Julius Vogel Award, for excellence in New Zealand speculative fiction. I’m thrilled to be in such excellent company!

Loneliness. Solitude. Art. Western culture has this image of the artist as toiling away alone in a garret. The reality, though, is that creativity thrives best when its practitioners are exposed to all kinds of other creative work. That’s why almost all advice to budding writers has, somewhere within in it, the phrase “Read a lot.” But I’d argue that reading isn’t enough. My creativity flows much more when I exposing myself (hey-yo!) to visual art, music, dance, whatever. I’ve …

I am thoroughly stoked to be releasing the Plan B Magazine anthology today. If you like mystery or crime stories, go check it out. It’s got all thirteen stories that we’ll be running on Plan B over the next 6 months. And way cool cover art, to boot.