Sometimes you’ve just got to step back and recharge. It’s what allows you to keep going. Recently I’ve been firing on all cylinders; writing or rewriting 15,000 words on my …
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How sabre-tooth tigers (probably) helped invent comedy
One of my kids is currently at the age where they’re just starting to make up their own jokes. However, and I say this as kindly as I can, they’re …
5 thoughts that kept me going when confidence in my novel collapsed
The world suddenly seemed so vast, and I felt so small. The situation was laughable; how could I possibly have believed I was ready for this? This year I’ve challenged …
Book Review: The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Dispossessed was the first book I read in 2022 – and what a way to start the year! Although in terms of review, it poses quite a challenge. It’s …
Why climb TBR Mountain if it’s such a challenge?
There must come a time in every mountaineer’s life, where they find themselves shivering in a windswept tent, thousands of miles away from and above civilisation, and they think to …
A flash review of every book I’ve read in 2021
2021 was a great year for me in terms of reading. Here’s a super-short review of all the books I read in the past 12 months, and which was my …
Why do my stories never turn out the way I expect?
I’m writing a lot of things at the moment, but something that has been consistently true of my work is that my projects never end up being about what I …
Taking a holiday…from myself
I’m doing something unusual this October. Nope, I’m not planning to dress up as Father Christmas for Halloween. I’m taking a holiday. A long holiday. But, unlike Bilbo, I do …
Here’s what a year in blogging has taught me
It’s kind of funny trying to write this, because the perfectionist in me keeps screaming things like ‘But nobody even reads this blog!’ But that perfectionist and his ridiculously high …
It’s (still) alive! Celebrating my one-year blogging anniversary
Let off a party popper. Treat yourself to an enormous slice of cake. Dance and sing in the streets. Rejoice, people of the internet, for my blog is one year …