One of my friends got tangled in an argument on Twitter last week about why fiction even matters in the first place. Conveniently, I actually addressed that in one of my recent non-fiction books, so I thought I’d repost here tagged accordingly. This is in two parts – part two will post tomorrow. Storytelling […]
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It’s taking me a bit to catch up from the craziness of this term, but I’m getting there. I have a couple more major things that need doing in the next two weeks (before I go to Vegas, OMG I AM GOING TO VEGAS IN LIKE JUST OVER A WEEK, ARGH!!!!) but once that’s done,
I’m Alive, I Promise (With ALL The Cover Reveals!) Read More »
Juggling is hard. It takes skill, and precision, and determination. And when you can juggle six balls with ease, eight balls with confidence, ten balls with concentration, and are living life constantly at thirteen balls… You can get hysterical when failure arrives. Or you can toss your failures up in the air and watch them
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Anything can be critiqued. Criticizing something is easy. It makes the critiquer feel smart, and just a little bit superior to the writer. But that kind of critique serves no real purpose, because that kind of critique is wrong from the moment the critiquer picks up the story or the manuscript or the 400-year-old play.
Thought of the Day: Critiquing is Easy. Doing is Hard. Read More »
I wrote the below post back in November last year, but I couldn’t bring myself to post it at the time. It felt too much like screaming into the void, and it hurt, and I hurt, and everything was just too much. I found the post this past weekend, when I was trawling through my
I don’t know about you, but I’m fairly well drowning in Weltschmerz this week (of the unironic kind). Humanity really just does seem to suck, constantly finding new ways to disappoint where values like empathy, compassion and mercy are concerned. Honestly, becoming a hermit is a super appealing (and super privileged) option right now. So,
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The common misery of the world feels overwhelming. Petty cruelty; major abominations; selfishness, thoughtlessness; slavery, abandonment, abduction, discrimination, hatred, you know the list, it goes on and on and on and on, and this is one of those weeks where it’s been grating on my soul more than usual, one of those months, one of
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I think we have conclusively established that I am not great at blogging when I’m on school holidays 😀 Anyway, here we are, back in the saddle. For your viewing pleasure today, a collection of intriguing links from around the web. Everything we know about birds that glow! – YOU GUYS, BIRDS FLUORESCE! BIRDS GLOW
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Fight your fears! Battle your demons! Stand against the darkness that envelops you! Yeah, yeah, we get it. To have fears is to be weak, to have anxious fears (i.e. unfounded, melodramatic, or unrealistic fears) is even weaker, and if you don’t stand up right this instant with a fear-tuned flamethrower and FIGHT THE LIFE
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