Oct 25Member-onlyHow using real life details makes your fiction betterWhat ‘write what you know’ actually means — Using real life experiences in your writing lends a realism to your work that can help readers connect with your characters and world. However, ‘writing from real life’ doesn’t mean that you can’t write fantasy or sci-fi, or that you are stuck only writing about school or your neighbourhood. ‘Write…Writing Advice5 min readWriting Advice5 min read
Oct 19Member-onlyWailing at the Crossroads — D Minor Part OneDee accidentally sells his soul to the Devil in return for YouTube subscribers. — 31st October — Tuesday ‘I’m going to fix it all. You’ll see.’ I look up at the sky, and watch grey drapes crowding out a stark orange sunset, mulling on the vague memory that somebody was with me a second ago, an hour ago. Somebody spoke. Slowly the world comes…Fiction13 min readFiction13 min read
Oct 19Member-onlyLessons from a Writing ConferenceAdvice from award-winning authors, publishers and agents — ‘If I’d spent the time doing sit-ups instead of worrying, I’d have an eight pack.’ Keynote Speech That’s the first thing I hear from keynote speaker Sharlene Teo (author of Ponti) as I sneak into the lecture theatre, late, post ‘Help-I’m-lost’ anxiety attack. …Writing5 min readWriting5 min read
Oct 18Member-onlyThe Lost Festival of AutumnOr why I love a fake pagan festival that doesn’t require you to go to a party Both of the Equinoxes embody duality. An Equinox is the time where the amount of daylight and nighttime is exactly the same, and there are two in a year — spring and autumn, and at Autumn some of us ‘celebrate’ a festival called Mabon. I say ‘celebrate’ because it’s not…Paganism4 min readPaganism4 min read
Oct 15Member-onlyPigeon Sashimi, and similiar apocalypsesI saw a documentary recently where these pigeons would flee the crowded, dirty city and line up along the wide, green banks of the river. They sat so prettily and drank so daintily, these flying rats transformed into something almost genteel. …Mental Health4 min readMental Health4 min read
Oct 13Member-onlyYou’re not disabled if you’re foreignI’ve been living in a foreign country for over two months now, and I don’t feel disabled. Or rather, I don’t feel disabled as often. It’s an unusual feeling. I’m not someone who’s sad they are disabled or thinks that ‘disabled’ is a dirty word. There’s stuff I can’t do…Disability6 min readDisability6 min read
Sep 21Member-onlyThings I will no longer do now that I’m 28Your twenties are a mix of bad habits, mistakes, and failures. Here are some I’m letting go of. Feel behind There is no such thing as ‘behind’. We all want different things from our lives and started in different places, as different people, with different options. Am I content with…Personal Development6 min readPersonal Development6 min read
Sep 11Member-onlyMake Long Haul Flights Suck LessFor everyone, but especially folks with ADHD — I went on my first ever long haul flight last month, and it was … no fun. I’ve only ever flown once before, and it was 45 minutes to Amsterdam. We were up and then we were down before I had time to get my Nintendo DS out. …Adhd6 min readAdhd6 min read
Sep 5Member-onlyA suitcase might damn youAll your life could fit in a small suitcase. The important bits, anyway. The gloves you mended, the socks your mother had knitted. A book that you loved, with a dedication from your sister. A photograph. …Fiction3 min readFiction3 min read
Aug 29Member-onlyPagan Marriage Vows, or HandfastingA couple of years ago I was very honoured to be able to minister at a wedding. I was asked to do a Pagan ritual, however I couldn’t find any vows that fit my needs. I needed vows that didn’t: mention any specific God or Deity contain too much sappy…Weddings3 min readWeddings3 min read
