writing
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The Doing | 2237
The biggest problem a creative person faces is that between ‘The Dream’ and ‘The Having Done’ is ‘The Doing’.
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Different Lengths
I’ve spent the week trying to write things at/of different lengths. Sitting down with a timer, set to 20mins or 40. Just practicing to see how I go.
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Things (Un)finished | 2209
With everything going on in the world over the last few years it has felt selfish to work on creative the things that I feel matter to me.
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Solarpunk Magazine | Issue #1
I have an essay titled ‘Solarpunk: A Container for More Fertile Futures’ in the inaugural issue of Solarpunk Magazine – out today.
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Day Off
The London wall far more-so than the Barbican is roe me the most ‘retro future’ looking building in the City of London.
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Slow And Sad
Playing slow and sad means there is no a lot of room to hide when you play a wrong note.
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In The Edit | 2146
Lack of copy editing is extremely transparent to a reader. Editing on the other hand is invisible to the reader, but transparent to the writer
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Dyslexia | 2137
I was introduced on call the other day as an essayist. The idea that someone would describe me as one left the kid in me with dyslexia reeling
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This Week’s Podcast | 2135
Behind today’s 5min of content is about Five hours of work, and about 4.5k words. 3.5k of which I threw away.
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10 Years With a Straight Razor | 2131
Since I have been old enough to do so, I’ve hidden my face behind a beard. Shaving with a straight razor requires the sacrifice of attention.
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Episode 150 (Sprint Review) | 2130
4 years, 150 Episodes, 12.5hrs of audio, 9 Video Episodes and 160,000+ words of script. βNumber goes upβ gives you a nice feeling. But the more energy spent caring about stats, the more numbers became a source of personal validation.
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This Speaks for Itself
I had mentally prepared a whole rant about how we’re all doomed, DOOMED.
Birthday!
Another spin around the sun. Another year older and uglier. Cannot wait to leave this 12th house year
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[Guest Episode] The Dark Souls Method | 2123
Author J David Osborne guest hosts 301 this week. He talks Darksouls, Petscop, Gulags and Narrative strategy.