November is drawing to a close, and with it, NaNoWriMo nears its end. Am I on the final sprint towards the fifty thousand word goal? Or am I limping behind, the finish line still a distant glimmer on the horizon? I have no idea, because I’m writing this post a […]
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Reading List: NaNoWriMo 2019
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Keep readingOut Now: Cursed Objects & Us
In July I announced that three friends and I were putting together and releasing a zine of art and poetry, with the proceeds going to the mental health charity Self Help. At the time I said the zine would be out before the end of the month, because oh boy […]
Keep readingThe Big 100 Reading Challenge: Eight Years Later
Hey! This post isn’t related to NaNoWriMo, this month’s defining project, but if you want to know how that’s getting along you can read my daily updates over on Patreon. Back in the youthful years of the yesterlands, I had a blog dedicated to book reviews, TV reviews, and long […]
Keep readingNaNo AutoBio, or: A Chronicle of Failure
Hey gang! It’s NaNoWriMo, or Alex Doesn’t Live Up To His Own Expectations Month, everybody’s favourite madcap dash to write a 50,000 word novel in thirty days. I’ve been participating in NaNoWriMo for eight years now (I think), and during that time I’ve taken many different approaches to the challenge. […]
Keep readingWorkshop Update 24/10/19
A second workshop update in a month? You thought it was impossible, and you were right. I caused significant damage to the underlying scientific principles which hold our universe together in order to make this update happen, so I can only hope you appreciate it appropriately. (This update constitutes me […]
Keep readingPoetry Annotated: Exam Acappella
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Keep reading#VSS365: Round Up (Aug/Sept 2019)
Out of breath, slick with sweat, fringe plastered to my forehead, I doggedly sprint towards making a blog post in a timely manner. Not yet, I say out loud and also in italics, but soon. If you aren’t familiar with #vss365 already, I wrote an introductory post about it here; […]
Keep readingWorkshop Update 09/10/19
I’m still playing a little bit of catch-up with my patron-exclusive posts, but not for much longer! Today’s workshop update started life a good four or five years ago, now, as the end product of a music-themed freewrite I scribbled out whilst I was an undergraduate. I was never happy […]
Keep readingWriter’s Notes: The Chwedyk Experiment
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