Category: Life
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Update
Hello, I’ve had very little to say recently, but here comes an update. I’ve nearly finished my WW1 play, just the final draft to edit. I abandoned my Sassoon biography because I do not have the brain capacity for it right now, and I have somewhat impetuously hopped back on the train: destination PhD. The…
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I Suppose I Have Something to Say…
Hi all, The other day I concluded that I am a hamster on a wheel and at some point, either the wheel is going to break, or I am going to fly off it. I don’t know what either of these outcomes would literally involve, I just know I’m tired and frustrated because I don’t…
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Attempts in Adulting
Okay. My original plan was to have a daily blog about writing my dissertation over the summer. But, as you can see, that did not happen. I have now finished my MLitt (I passed!), and am job-hunting (it’s anxiety-inducing). I might do a PhD (again in Creative Writing), in which case I would try to…
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Just a post about a favourite actor
This is a Patrick Gibson appreciation post. I’ve been keeping an eye on his career for nearly a decade and he’s genuinely one of my favourite actors. First picture is The Passing Bells (2014), the first role I saw him in. As part of the inspiration for my novel Edward’s Era, this series means a lot…
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Li’l’ Update
Since I last blogged (April 2023) quite a bit has happened. I’ve gone back to university, I’m working on the final draft of Dancing with Edith, and the WW1 novel I’ve been trying to write for 8 years that I thought might take me my whole life to write is actually going somewhere. I’m doing…
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I had a bad day, so here’s some tips for if you’re having one too
Last night I had a minor crisis. I’ve just finished uni and I don’t yet have a job. In fact I have never had a job. This is entirely my own fault and, I now realise, possibly the stupidest decision I’ve ever made. I have very little to show for three of the summers since…
