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Writing is hard work. A clear sentence is no accident. Very few sentences come out right the first time, or even the third time. Remember this in moments of despair. If you find that writing is hard, it’s because it is hard. William Zinsser, On Writing Well Almost everything I’ve ever written will never be […]
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Warning: if you don’t like nerdy things and/or keyboards, better skip this one. I’m not good with anything fiddly. Lego, IKEA furniture, arts and crafts. I last about two minutes before I throw it across the room. God help any future children of mine who ask me to put the stickers on their Christmas presents. […]
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Mid-year has been and gone, but I’ve been busy with completing my thesis and defending it. Having finished feels like a good enough milestone for a mid-year (ish) review of 2021. If I had to describe the year in a single word, that word would be precipice. The edge before big changes. For the first […]
[Continue reading] about Mid-Year (ish) 2021 ReviewThere’s a real story waiting to be told on Mars, one that only a few have achieved. If people ever go there with any intention of staying, their lives will be fascinating. I’ll expand on this in future posts, but for now here’s a list of questions highlighting how fertile this ground is for stories.
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“This isn’t really a smile, it’s the lid on a scream.” – Julie Goodyear, Coronation Street If I don’t write things I wilt. I get moody. I don’t sleep well. I’m pretty sure I get more colds. It doesn’t have to be anything good, and it usually isn’t. It’s usually the kind of thing that […]
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