5 minutes of descriptive prose of my new cat’s first week with me.
Tag: Writing
On lack of fulfillment, sleep and snuggles
It’s 4 am and all is not well. I can’t sleep. This past week has been a blur of professional … More
Life, Momentum & Hell
Folks, I feel unstoppable right now. Today I woke up at 9am, cleaned the house, made fancy breakfast for two, … More
Meaty Men, The Gym and Me
Yesterday, I walked into the weight room at my local gym. It’s a small, intimate space with a rack of … More
Anxious Sloth: I bought a Robot Vacuum
As any person who values cleanliness above friendship will tell you – the micro-manager within always emerges.
Brainbending Thinkage: on creativity, joy fizz and holes
I am a blob of brain pickled in jumbled thoughts and unrealised dreams.
Definition: Bumptious
Definition: adj. Crudely presumptuous and self-assertive to the point of being conceited.
Definition: Psithurism
The next time you hear that whoosh and rustle… know that it has a name.
Writer’s Note: Mythology and Magical llamas
We love stories. So when writing a story – not just telling an anecdote or a gratuitous lie – it’s … More
Writer’s Note: On mermaids and the independence of Taiwan
In this instance I have finally begun solid work on my book. A self-contained humorous, but serious, fantasy adventure complete with interesting-haired heroine and intelligent bummer sidekick.
Ducking Disasters: on the demerits of an unprepared mind
Rhetorically speaking, have you ever had a social circumstance sweep you on a wave of obligation whilst in some dark, neglected corner of your mind next to the Solve World Hunger Lever under the Table of Logic and Reason, there is a tiny voice screaming at you to do just the opposite?
Paradoxical Musings: on carpe diem and predatory loans
The thing about the present is that it’s the future in a ninja outfit.
Jumbled Thoughts: On Providing a Beginner’s Guide to Writing a Book!
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Misguided Whimsy: on the complexity of writing a novel
Missed me? In attempts to distract myself from the harsh social withdrawal born from moving out of London, my love…my life, I went … More
The Complacent Pedantic: on starting a novel
The intent is to write fiction, ideally within the fantasy/sci-fi genre, and get paid for it but the steps are bluntly given, full of vague pick-me-ups and rely on an obscene overuse of dusty quotes framed in filigree with a sunset backdrop.
The Lazy Slinky 