Old writer on the block

The writing diary of a well-mellowed science writer who cares about the public understanding of science and knows the ropes. This blog bounces between my curiosity, the daily realities of professional writing, the joy of pursuing nature, and my recycling of ideas that won't be in some book or other as far as I can see, but still needed sharing. I welcome comments and suggestions! Spam will be blocked and reported. For my books, see http://members.ozemail.com.au/~macinnis/writing/index.htm

Saturday, 13 February 2021

I aten't dead yet

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 If you haven't heard of Granny Weatherwax, that will make no sense. This is just to say that I'm still here, I've been working ...
Thursday, 26 November 2020

They saw the difference.

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My recent silence has been because I have been selecting a wide range, 140,000 words to complete this book. My cover illustration, if you ca...

The girl who hated poetry

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From the case notes of Dr 'Harry' Truman, counsellor. Eliza D came to see me in despair. "It's Henry," she said. ...

Being an Australian writer

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The perceptive reader may have noticed a hiatus. the reason will be explained shortly. I now do a monthly column for a CBCA newsletter calle...
Thursday, 22 October 2020

Food and drink in 1859

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This is the last of a series of entries are drawn from chapter 7 of my book,  Mr Darwin's Incredible Shrinking World , and they all dea...
Friday, 16 October 2020

Young Dark Emu and Bruce Pascoe's Eve Pownall Award

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Today, the Children’s Book Council of Australia announced that Bruce Pascoe’s Young Dark Emu was the winner of the Eve Pownall Award for in...
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Thursday, 8 October 2020

Music in 1859

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This is one of a series of entries are drawn from chapter 7 of my book,  Mr Darwin's Incredible Shrinking World , and they all deal with...
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Tuesday, 6 October 2020

The music hall in 1859

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This is one of a series of entries are drawn from chapter 7 of my book,  Mr Darwin's Incredible Shrinking World , and they all deal with...
Monday, 5 October 2020

Theatre and public morals in 1859

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This is one of a series of entries are drawn from chapter 7 of my book,  Mr Darwin's Incredible Shrinking World , and they all deal with...
Sunday, 27 September 2020

Circus acrobats and strong men in 1859

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This is one of a series of entries are drawn from chapter 7 of my book,  Mr Darwin's Incredible Shrinking World , and they all deal with...
Thursday, 17 September 2020

Sporting fashions in 1859

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This is one of a series of entries are drawn from chapter 7 of my book,  Mr Darwin's Incredible Shrinking World , and they all deal with...
Saturday, 12 September 2020

Hidden fashions in 1859

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This is one of a series of entries are drawn from chapter 7 of my book, Mr Darwin's Incredible Shrinking World , and they all deal with ...
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Peter Macinnis
Sydney, NSW, Australia
Peter Macinnis turned to writing after his promising career as a chiaroscuro player was tragically cut short by a caravaggio crash during the Trompe L'Oeil endurance race. He recently did remarkably well in the early rounds of the celebrity underwater cooking program, Moister Chef, but he was disqualified for using dried fruits and desiccated coconut. He has a pet leech named Gladys, which has lived in a container on his desk for the last six months, as part of another book, and he is an expert echidna handler and ant lion wrangler. He wrote both the score and the libretto for the acclaimed opera Manon Troppo.

Sorry, that’s not quite right. I write and sometimes broadcast about science, for young and old. I write mainly about science, environment, or social history for both adults and children, depending on how the fit takes me on a given morning. I usually have one book coming back after editing or in production, one being edited, one being written and one or more being actively researched.
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