Category Archives: Writing

Writing Letters

As cynical as it may sound, I’m not an enormous fan of greeting cards. I don’t want to universally condemn them, because sometimes they can be very nice and people can write special little messages in them and so forth, … Continue reading

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Endless Art

There are so many books, video games, TV shows, movies and other pieces of art which I really want to consume. Honestly, with new things being produced all the time, there’s no way that I’ll be able to appreciate every … Continue reading

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A Cure for Writer’s Block

I never used to get much very much writer’s block, but since 2013, I get it quite regularly and really struggle to produce work outside of this blog and my webcomic. Thankfully, I can always overcome it every now and … Continue reading

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Quality Over Quantity in Blogging

With almost any kind of art, the rule ‘quality over quantity’ makes perfect sense, but blogging is the only thing that potentially goes against it. If you want to do well in the world of internet content, people will expect … Continue reading

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Live Forever in Writing

For me, writing will always be a deeply rewarding experience. I love to create my own interconnected world and I love to record my thoughts and experiences in some form. I think what the appeal of writing is (and the … Continue reading

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Honesty in Blogging

One thing that occasionally concerns me is that it might sometimes seem like I just make things up for this blog. There were one or two anecdotes which I almost didn’t write, because I was worried that they would just … Continue reading

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Health

On Wednesday I almost didn’t write a new blog post here because I was feeling quite ill. In fact, all of this week I’ve been very ill and I still kind of am now. Thankfully, in the end, I was … Continue reading

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Why I Write

Writing is something I’ve done throughout my life – ever since I have been able to, really. But, of course, not everybody writes and some may wonder what motivates people to write. For today’s blog post I’d like to go … Continue reading

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The Art of Short Blog Posts

There are some bloggers out there who seem to be able to write a few short  words for a blog and still say something substantial. Just twenty or so and that would be it. It’s times like these, when it’s … Continue reading

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R.I.P. Earl Hamner

Today was a sad day because today was the day that Earl Hamner died. Since I read his book Spencer’s Mountain in 2009, he has been my favourite author (or at least one of them, it fluctuates a bit) and … Continue reading

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