When I was in highschool, one of the most controversial topics of conversation was who your eight best friends on Myspace were. I was one of many girls who used
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Let’s go back to early February. I’m curled up on my bed. The pain is everywhere. It’s so bad, I can’t keep still. Moving is involuntary; my whole body
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Last year I burnt myself out. I was working a full time job as a lecturer while writing a novel, publishing poetry, and trying to maintain a freelance career and
As well as a writer, I’m a UX designer. I’ve wanted to write a more design focused blog post for a while, but it hasn’t seemed wholly relevant to the
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My step-dad died on Saturday the 11th of May 2019 at 11pm. I put off writing this for a long time, because I honestly had nothing to say. I’m
I’ve been working on an application for a grant with writer, David Thomas Henry Wright (he’s really the mastermind behind the project). It’s an electronic literature proposal and it’s been
When I started writing my novel, I knew a lot about trauma and nothing about the military. I knew from the very beginning I wanted to filter this experience of
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Today I’m talking to David Thomas Henry Wright about electronic literature. If this genre is new to you, don’t panic. David defines electronic literature in his interview very succinctly, saying
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I did not write an outline for the first draft of my novel, but you should. I wrote about 5,000 words for the 2015 NaNoWriMo challenge. I had no
I’m a better writer because I travel, which is good, because I travel a lot. Let me demonstrate by looking only at this year so far. I saw 2019