The second short story from Boardmier, my fantasy world. My submission for my first Writing Prose 2 assignment at St. Andrews University.
CONTENT WARNING: verbal abuse, death, trauma.
Continue readingThe Light King’s Tale – The Right to Krei
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Chessworld: An Annotated Bibliography of the Courier and Their World, ‘The Board’
The Suits’ Tale – The Talisman of Aubaum
A 30-minute short story from Boardmier, my fantasy world. My submission for my Writing Prose 1 assignment at St. Andrews University.
CONTENT WARNING: Racism, colonial language, misgendering, misogyny.
Continue readingFirst as Plagiarism, Then as Property
A twelve-minute read on:
- Pre-‘ramble’: Blogging about my postgrad because there’s no good reason not to;
- Who was the bad art friend?: The answer – none of them, and at the same time, both of them;
- The article’s impact: When the debate around your work doesn’t go the way you wanted it to;
- Fine distinctions: When it comes to copyright, the house always wins, and by ‘house,’ I mean ‘copyright lawyers.’
On Epistemic Anxiety and Craft
A little 9-minute something about:
- Epistemic anxiety: When you fear that there’s a lot more to how you know what you know… that you don’t know;
- Craft: Expectations of what your stories should contain that your audience will love
The Pen Shall Make Ye Fret
If you read to the end, right now, within my lifetime, ‘cos I can’t be doing this for all eternity, you’ll get these three consternations for the price of one:
- Oh, hey, I might get to write for a living;
- Recognising my flaws as a storyteller, and what I can do about ’em;
- Things you can expect on this blog soon…