What is #blogmas and why should I care?
In the waning days of NaNoWriMo, when I should have been playing catchup like there was no tomorrow, I was of course procrastinating on Twitter. There, I chanced upon a message from a stranger posing...
View ArticleNever Read The Reviews
It is the style in the blogosphere around this time to reflect on the previous year and to take lessons from it, instead of just using New Year’s Eve to wipe it all and start again like a normal...
View ArticleWriting Resolutions
There have been a lot of stories kicking about over the past few days about George RR Martin’s announcement he won’t get the next installment of A Song of Ice and Fire done before the sixth series of...
View ArticleVotes For Bloggers
Hello there, internet. I am here to ask you a favour. Awkward, but I guess we always knew this day would come. Fortunately it’s not to spend any cash on my forthcoming book (I remain unagented and...
View Article2016 In Review
As the year that even George R. R. Martin deems editorially ‘a bit harsh’ draws to a close, I thought I should take advantage of a clear gap in my cold-fuzzed existence to do one of those roundups that...
View ArticleShould I Start A Blog?
Last week I was asked to go along to the Edinburgh City of Literature monthly salon to say a few words about blogging. I was expecting people to be interested in the mechanics of how to blog, and had...
View Article2017 In Review
Happy Hogmanay! Since 2017 is on the way out, it’s time to reflect on the year of covfefe and see whether I kept any of the resolutions I made in my 2016 review… At the end of last year I said my ideal...
View Article(Somewhat Belated) March Reads
My quest to regularly round up some of the things in my life continues apace with March Reads, brought to you more than a week into April. As I did last month, here are some highlights of the things I...
View ArticleYou’re Gonna Feel Like You’ve Been Kicked By A Horse
I had a baby the other day. Actually it was more than a week ago, but I’ve not really had the space to write about it. I started this post days ago. Turns out being a new parent is quite full on – who...
View ArticleWhat I’ve Been Reading – January 2019
In a bid to read widely/critically/at all I am going to try and continue my ‘[insert month here] reads’ posts in 2019. I have a vague notion I’ll even include a sentence or two by way of a review –...
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