Welcome, 2022. January was both long and short. I’ve done less journaling, more novel-writing, more gaming and a lot more talking with friends. I grabbed a copy of Pokémon Legends: Arceus and am learning about all the Pokémon from Generation …
Welcoming In The Essence of 2022
Welcome in, 2022. The last couple of years have been a gentle spiral down, and I find myself finally rising up out of the mud to unfurl my lotus petals. In 2021, I focused on measuring all writing – not …
LEVEL-UP! The Essence of Green – Apr – Sep 2021
“The summer air is hot and still, the afternoon hazy; crickets call relentlessly from among the brown grasses, and ears of corn are the same heavy, burnished gold as the late-day sun. Hawks circle in the blue-white sky overhead, and …
Book Reviews of 2021 :: Part I
Welcome to my book reviews of 2021. I just about made it to 12 books last year, and in January I began a new dayjob and training course (because I really need more qualifications) which has limited how much reading …
What’s in Your Writing Survival Kit? My Top 10 Writing Tools
Back in September 2013, I wrote this post about my “top 10 writing tools” and I recently went to link to it in answer to a question about things to go in a NaNoWriMo survival kit…. and realised how things …
LEVEL-UP! The Essence of Green – Feb + Mar 2021
“Anyone can love a thing ‘because’. That’s as easy as putting a penny in your pocket. But to love something ‘despite’: to know the flaws and love them too. That is rare and pure and perfect.” – Patrick Rothfuss February was interesting. We …