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Tag: writing
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…
Fool Me Twice, We Don’t — Err, What Was That First Thing You Said?
Read to the end for good news, such as;
- Brologue is now available on Bluesky…
- …Even though I don’t trust ’em.
Writing As If Already Free
Read to the end for fascinating insights on:
- Brologue, six months in;
- What it means to write as if already free.
The Art of the Job Application Rejection
- Stare at screen;
- Jobhunting kinda makes me not want to hunt jobs;
- Let me write please? As a treat?
Terry Pratchett’s ‘The Fifth Elephant’
On Productivity
- I tried to read Getting Things Done. It’s a slog, but it does have one thing worth remembering;
- Productivity is about being more deliberate about what you do, not about doing more;
- Whenever we see a piece of productivity advice, we should ask – “Productivity to what kinds of political ends?”
- I’m writing a story. Maybe I’ll publish it one day…
English Makes a Lot of Sense
- English is one of, if not the hardest foreign language to learn. There’s so many little things about it that are as though we’ve made them up as a sick joke.
- The solution? According to one guy, do what we’ve always done: crib some notes from other languages.
On the Journal as a Prosthesis
- My (re?)discovery of journalling – and how I reclaimed it from instrumentation.
- Good intentions – or, when other people think they know your condition better than you, but they mean well.
Fantasy for Mums
- For Mum, what makes a good fantasy’s a fickle thing.
- What is fantasy, anyway? Is sci-fi really just fantasy with its back turned?
- We could do with a ‘Fantasy for Mums’ survey. Nothing for ’em without ’em. Right?