Writing
Noooooo…tebooks
We knew it would happen one day, but I never wanted to admit it. My obsession with buying notebooks has it a point were it is becoming unmanageable.
Anxiety
Words-Per-Day
One of the things I used to be really really ridiculously proud of was my ability to speed-write.
Writing
New Book, New Year!
It was one of those unexpected twists of life. Somebody contacted me through this very website over the winter break. What was perhaps the most interesting thing about that is how they weren’t a spam bot, but a real-life actual Read more…
Freelancer
One Hundred and Fifty Spelling Mistakes
Today is one of those days. One of those ‘send out one hundred and fifty marketing emails and then notice the spelling mistake’ days. (more…)
Event
Children’s Poetry with Carole Bromley
This year, at the NAWE conference, I attended an amazing workshop run by Carole Bromley all about writing children’s poetry. It was quite an intense hour and a half. She got us to write a selection of children’s poems in Read more…
Anxiety
I Have a New Car But Not a New Sense of Direction
I recently got my first car – ever! It was very exciting. I’ve always felt that car ownership is one of the steps you need to take so you can fit properly into the category of ‘adult’. There’s something about controlling an environmentally-destructive death machine that feel so adult. So I’m slightly more of an adult now. My beard hair is thicker, my voice is deeper because I have a car and can drive it around town. (more…)
Freelancer
More Haste, Less Speed
More Haste, Less Speed is a phrase my mother loved to use when I was a child.
As I write stories for children, it is a phrase that often pops into my own head as well. I used to think that I needed to get everything done as quickly as possible.
Wellbeing
Cleaning the Soul
After clearing out three bags of books from my flat and donating them to local charity shops and I can say that – yes, I think I like this whole ‘minimalism’ idea.
Freelancer
A New Look!
I was recently in Edinburgh with my wife. While exploring the city – which is dripping with history, haggis and Harry Potter shops – an idea struck me.
I was facing the problem that I didn’t really know what I wanted to do in my career (or this website.) A next step seemed impossible. I kept separating myself into different roles (see my last blog post) and as a result, I was struggling to find a purpose. What did I want to do? What should I focus on? (more…)
