Dear Writing, Don’t take this wrong, but... well... sometimes I really hate you. For a start, you force me to get me up, every morning—way earlier than anyone in their right mind would want to get up—sniff through the pile of clothes by my bed, get dressed and walk to a nearby café, where I’ll …
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The Thrill of Creative Effort
Tourist season in Barcelona brings with it an abundance of slogan-bearing t-shirts at which to stare as you stroll down La Rambla. The majority of these messages are banal at best, but you’ll always see a few that are truly baffling for their complete lack of logic. I’m not just talking about the …
Going Pro
So, I've recently taken the plunge and gone pro with this whole editing malarkey. When I say gone pro, I mean I tell people that’s what I do now. As in: that’s my job. As in: that’s how I earn a living. Pay the rent. Feed my addictions. It makes me feel good, telling people that, because I …
When You’re a Writer…
When you're a writer, sometimes the only thing to do is write. A screamingly obvious statement, certainly, but it’s all too easy to put off writing – more so than ever now that we all have instantaneous access to the Internet, and those twin paradigms for perpetual procrastination. I’m not here …