Sam Beckbessinger

Cambridge, UK

Sam is the bestselling author of Manage Your Money Like a Fucking Grownup. She writes weird horror stories and helps people learn to adult better (she's still figuring it out herself).

Nov

Okay but for real, how great is Glass Onion?

This is a brief spoiler-filled discussion of Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery. Don't read this until you've watched the movie!

29 Nov 2022

2 min read

Oct

Spooky season

Some great new horror movies to watch this October

28 Oct 2022

4 min read

Oct

A Nick Cave Crash Course

Nick Cave is one of my favourite, favourite musicians: a dark crooner, a twisted lyricist, a rogue magic-man. But

28 Oct 2022

3 min read

Sep

Woman on a bicycle with a dog by Careshia Esperanza

The Autumn of Longevity

Since AI art dominated the last newsletter, I thought it would be fun to showcase some art from YOU ACTUAL

23 Sep 2022

4 min read

Sep

Girls of Little Hope - coming 2023

A sneak peak of the cover for my first novel, coming out in 2023

16 Sep 2022

1 min read

Aug

Anakin meme: AI is going to replace everyone's job soon. Padme says, "Except creative work, right?"

Experiments in AI

Well, it's happened: the robots have officially come for my job.

26 Aug 2022

6 min read

Aug

four abstract illustrations of the cost of living crisis from Midjourney

10 ways to inflation-proof your budget (tips from an AI)

I got an AI to write a blog post for me. Let's see how it did.

25 Aug 2022

6 min read

Aug

"burlesque kermit the frog as painted by Degas" from Midjourney

A simple guide to making AI art with Midjourney

A simple guide to making AI art with Midjourney... for total beginners

25 Aug 2022

3 min read

Aug

The mundane joys of relationship in-jokes and deep-cleaning your house

Meditations on mundane delights

19 Aug 2022

4 min read

Jul

A sign pointing to trains in a nifty font

Revenge songs!

Savage songs of revenge, great Cape Town climate fiction and other things that made my week.

29 Jul 2022

4 min read