Adulting is not what I thought it would be. I’ve been mis-sold. Remember when you were a kid, and you couldn’t wait be a grown up? When it seemed like grown-ups got to make all the rules, eat whatever they wanted, do all the cool stuff, and stay up late reading any time they felt…
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Courage for Creatives (or, a love letter to my online friends)
Courage, my friends. I know I say this as if I’m some brave adventurer, standing atop a convenient outcropping with one hand on my hip and the other either shading my eyes as I gaze dramatically off into the uncharted distance, or waving a sword around in a vaguely threatening and assertive manner. I don’t…
Beaufort Scales & Characters That Are More Than They Seem
Here’s a thing that happened to me the other day. I’d been having a lot of trouble with my shoulder, and attributed it to overdoing things on the weights, even though the problem appeared (weirdly) on a day off, while I was sat on the couch (conclusion: sitting on the couch is dangerous, kids. Don’t…
The Trials & Tribulations of a Travelling Vegetarian
Look away now, meat lovers. Or don’t, and laugh at my discomfort instead. I’ve been vegetarian for somewhere over a decade now, and even before that never ate much meat. I was vegan for a year or so, but gave it up because it was so hard to eat out or to go to friends’…
Patience, Writing, & the Long Game
Writing takes time. We all know that. We do know we need patience. It’s not like we can sit down and whip off 70,000 words in an afternoon (or however many your particular genre’s asking for). Well, okay, maybe some of you can, but I’m deliberately not talking to you, because you scare me with…