A group of divers were out, well, diving, and stumbled (metaphorically, because stumbling while swimming is hard?) across a tiny lil octopus. Said octopussum had had a tiny lapse in judgement, and was attempting to use a plastic cup as a shell. The divers felt sorry for it, and spent a significant part of their […]
Another Octopus Video, In Which Not All Humans Are Trash <3 Read More »
Last year was one of my slowest reading years for quite a while. I’m not surprised, given the frenetic pace, but it’s something I’m fixing this year, not least because my brain is threatening to melt and I really just need the recharge time. So, this school holidays, I decided to do a mini challenge
Holiday Reading Challenge: 7 Books in 14 Days Read More »
Step 1: burn your diary Step 2: now you have nothing to do Step 3: congratulations, you got everything done! …If you’d like a slightly more practical approach, this was a great article I found last week about using discernment to tackle your to-dos. I suspect it will mesh nicely with The One Thing,
How To Get Everything Done Read More »
(Also: Why I Decided To Publish My Own Books.) This was supposed to be a lot more coherent that I suspect it’s going to be, because I have a throat cold* and this is the busy point in my two-week timetable and my sanity has pretty much fled, but anyway. I’m doing this blogging thing,
In Which I Am A Terrible Person, OR Why The Right Book Makes a Difference Read More »
In a similar vein to the last repost, and again, applicable to a lot more than just writing…….. I was originally going to title this post ‘A New Cure For Writers’ Block’. But really, it’s not a new cure, for either the world in general, or myself. You’ve heard me talk about it before; the
Slow Down (Repost) Read More »
Okay, so first of all, this post was bizarrely popular on my old blog. Second of all, it can be applied to many, many things other than writing. Hmm, maybe the two are connected. Anyway. Post. Enjoy. A thought has struck me – as thoughts are wont to do.Motivated by said thought, I re-examined
Look Ma, I Aten’t Ded (Repost) Read More »
