Writing

Jul
08
Bye Boris

Bye Boris

Musing on methods to fund your art.
7 min read
May
06
Neon sign saying, "I licked it so it's mine"

Invisible luck, time management, and raunchy pot-plants

5 things that made my week, including an anti-productivity book, a new writing app, and a love poem from a houseplant.
5 min read
Apr
29
Bursting with pride day

Bursting with pride day

actually dying of joy today
4 min read
Mar
31
Covidtined!

Covidtined!

The things keeping me sane through an endless Covid quarantine
6 min read
Mar
04
Questions from a high-school reader

Questions from a high-school reader

What influenced you to write? Who was your inspiration? Answering these and more questions from an aspiring young writer.
3 min read
Jan
20
Pondering Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Time

Pondering Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Time

How to write an eight-legged character that your readers don't want to squish
6 min read
Dec
14
A shelf of books: John Langan's The Fisherman. Alex Latimer's The Space Race.

How do I get a book published in South Africa?

A quick guide to getting books published in South Africa.
2 min read
Nov
18
Google Translate Telephone Poetry

Google Translate Telephone Poetry

Some silly poems created by playing telephone with Google Translate
3 min read
Oct
29
Frodo and Sam from Lord of the Rings gazing into each other's eyes in a totally hetero way

Teenage Smut

The books you loved as a teenager shape you forever... (nsfw)
5 min read
Jul
30
A photograph of a purple Harry Potter-themed notebook

Commonplace books

How do you keep track of the most interesting things you know?
8 min read