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Asshole Astrology: August 2020
Tonight I’m gonna party like it’s 1999 Continue reading on graffiti living »
Categories: Medium • Tags: astrology, creativity, humor, inspiration, life-lessons, medium
Exploring Zuihitsu
An informal style of Japanese personal essay Continue reading on Haiku Photos »
Categories: Blog • Tags: books, creativity, humor, medium, this-happened-to-me, zuihitsu
I can’t believe that it’s October already.
I can’t believe that it’s October already. I’ve been on the Medium Partner Program since April so the end of September marked, for me, six months of writerly graft. That’s how long it took for me to earn $100 per month for the first time on Medium but I did it. It’s not much. But it’s more than I’ve earnt from my writing before. I decided to go back and reply to as many people as I could who had commented on my work. At least the ones who weren’t being mean about it. Maybe skipping a few who sounded like they’d been sent back in time from the future […]
Categories: Blog • Tags: creativity, humor, life-lessons, medium, this-happened-to-me, work
‘Do the work’ is the ultimate lifehack.
‘Do the work’ is the ultimate lifehack. Margaret Atwood is very fond of quoting Dame Joan Sutherland, the celebrated Australian soprano, on this. When an interviewer asked Sutherland to what she attributed her success she said: “Bloody hard work, duckie!” No shortcut beats blood, sweat, and tears. If you take a shortcut you learn nothing. Keep your head down. Do the work. Learn from your mistakes. Get better. That’s what counts. I say this as a slacker. I say this as someone who wants people to think that they’re incredibly lazy. I can’t be bothered to take an easy way out if it takes longer in the long run. It’s […]
Categories: Blog • Tags: art, creativity, humor, life, medium, this-happened-to-me
One Minute Reads for Writers — 30 Posts in 30 Days
The obligatory list post Continue reading on 1-One-Infinity »
Categories: Blog • Tags: creativity, life-lessons, medium, productivity, writers-on-writing, writing
We Are Full of Humans
Even Muppets get the blues Continue reading on graffitiliving »
Categories: Blog • Tags: creativity, graffiti-living, humor, life-lessons, medium, writing
Notes from a Conversation I Never Had with Paul Auster
I do have a few unusual writing habits — I’m a dinosaur now. I write everything by hand and type it up on an old manual typewriter, an… Continue reading on graffitiliving »
Categories: Blog • Tags: creativity, graffiti-living, life-lessons, medium, writers-on-writing, writing
Notes From a Talk by Timothy Leary
Your mission if you choose to accept it Continue reading on graffitiliving »
Categories: Blog • Tags: creativity, graffiti-living, life-lessons, medium, productivity, psychedelics
The Hero’s Journey in 27 Chapters
A useful rule of thumb for writing a novel Continue reading on graffitiliving »
Categories: Blog • Tags: creativity, graffiti-living, heros-journey, medium, productivity, writing
Tick Tock
James is sleepy Continue reading on graffitiliving »
Categories: Blog • Tags: creativity, graffiti-living, medium, productivity, sleep, writing
Aw, Shucks
Flattery will get you everywhere Continue reading on graffitiliving »
Categories: Blog • Tags: creativity, graffiti-living, life-lessons, medium, writers-life, writing
You Edit Your Work
Correct it yourself first, lazy bones Continue reading on graffitiliving »
Categories: Blog • Tags: creativity, editing, graffiti-living, medium, productivity, writing
Books are Speaking to Them
Read yourself through reading Continue reading on graffitiliving »
Categories: Blog • Tags: creativity, graffiti-living, medium, productivity, reading, writing
Fall Seven Times, Stand Up Eight
Never give up Continue reading on graffitiliving »
Categories: Blog • Tags: creativity, graffiti-living, medium, poetry, productivity, writing
How Random is Random?
Use random input in your writing Continue reading on graffitiliving »
Categories: Blog • Tags: creativity, graffiti-living, medium, poetry, productivity, writing
Remember What The Dormouse Said
Feed your head Continue reading on graffitiliving »
Categories: Blog • Tags: alice-in-wonderland, creativity, graffiti-living, medium, productivity, writing
What’s your Textual Preference?
If you don’t know what to write, think about what you love and hate in fiction. Continue reading on graffitiliving »
Categories: Blog • Tags: creativity, graffiti-living, life-lessons, medium, productivity, writing
Campfire Stories
Stories are there to be told but none of them are original. Continue reading on graffitiliving »
Categories: Blog • Tags: creativity, graffiti-living, life, medium, productivity, writing
Book to Film
Can a film ever be better than the book? Continue reading on graffitiliving »
Categories: Blog • Tags: creativity, film, graffiti-living, medium, productivity, writing
To Do List of a Non-writing Writer
I don’t write for you, it’s more like letters to myself Continue reading on graffitiliving »
Categories: Blog • Tags: creativity, fiction-writing, graffiti-living, medium, productivity, writing
How to Get Inside Your Character’s Head
Character, author and the alienation effect Continue reading on graffitiliving »
Categories: Blog • Tags: creativity, fiction-writing, graffiti-living, medium, productivity, writing
John Gardner’s Fictive Dream
Don’t wake the reader up or you’ll put them to sleep Continue reading on graffitiliving »
Categories: Blog • Tags: creativity, dreams, graffiti-living, medium, productivity, writing
Composting
My writing and highlighting process Continue reading on graffitiliving »
Categories: Blog • Tags: art, creativity, graffiti-living, medium, productivity, writing
Our Voice magazine — Spring 2013 — ‘Amnesty International Brighton & Hove’ profile and ‘Bibliomancy’ creative piece
The Spring 2013 issue of Our Voice magazine is out in print and online. I’m proud to be the chief subeditor for this magazine, and the group are a brilliant bunch to work with. Alongside all the usual goodness, there’s two features by me: a two-page centre spread profile on Amnesty International Brighton & Hove group, who I do media and campaign work for, and a ‘just for fun’ piece on ‘Bibliomancy’ to help kids with their creative blocks (think writing, not LEGO). Check it out! Our Voice is the magazine of Brighton Unemployed Centre Families Project, which provides practical support to low-income and unwaged individuals and families. Services include […]
Categories: Journalist, Portfolio, Subeditor • Tags: activism, amnesty international, brighton, creativity, homelessness, human rights, journalism, magazine, subediting, unemployment, writing