About Pip Hunn
Pip Hunn is a swordsman, wordsmith, dancer, poet, taxation expert, wit, dancer, paleoetymologist and gentleman-for-hire. Born to genetically modified superhuman parents in the twilight years of the last millennium, he read prodigiously whilst resting against a pub's wall once urinated on by Charles Darwin. Growing up on Bruny Island, Tasmania, provided him with an inspiringly insipid environs and furthered his escape into literature. Pip took up the art of defencing at an early age and soon became practiced in short blades, long blades, short and long blade, short blade and cloak, short blade and dagger, and long blade and swordbreaker combat. He strongly Hews (pun deliciously intended to the superiority of Zornhau as an effective longsword attack and will give free demonstrations using chopsticks over dinner upon request. He worked for the Australian Tax Office for some years before his coworkers tired of his constant and esoteric puns and violently encouraged him to pursue a life as a writer. Whilst visiting China in late 2006, Pip spotted two adorable female pandas drowning in a river. Quickly weaving a microfilament mesh out of some handy bamboo, he saved them both, MacGyver-style. Drawing on his deep interest in lesbianism, Pip then utilized the close emotional bond formed between the rescued critters to encourage them to breed successfully. Despite being credited with inventing over 150 new words, he has never won a game of Scrabble, which constantly puts him in a state of jrexidy. In early 2009 Pip met his future wife. Unfortunately, this was while he was working at a music festival as a sanitation attendant, and he was covered in fćces. Being of sturdy character, he and his paramour re-met at a later time and quickly became engaged. His fiancé, Felicity Clark, is a talented musician, teacher and anagrammatist. Pip wants the Runatal tattooed across his torso and is working on getting the Takekawa chapter of The Tale of Genji inked as well. He hates it when people use the word 'orientated' incorrectly, which is nearly always. Pip is also a cure for headaches, stigmata, the dancing blues, Severe Lack of Funk, split infinitives, social distortion, ugly babies and malfeasance. Take two pages daily until symptoms disappear, and send him an email if there are any complications.
About Write ThingStarted in late 2009 as a writing project. Pip noticed that most of the writing advice on the 'net was generic and boring. He decided to share what he knew about the interesting squiggly minutiae of writing – the dark, ugly corners that make life so delicious and interesting.And it gave him something else to do instead of writing stories. Productivity, thine friend is procrastination! Questions? Comments? I'd love to hear from you! If you're after more articles, head to the creative writing archives and get inspired.
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