I know. It seems like a weird choice for a topic. How could a mistake be a good thing? We spend hours, days, months (years, in my case) editing or writing. We fix the spelling, wording, syntax. We re-write whole sections of work to show our writing at its very best. But, hear me… Continue reading Writing and Why Mistakes Can Be A Good Thing
It’s New Year again, everybody. Give yourself a round of applause. We made it. We can tell our descendants that we saw a repeated-number year; we got to see all the silly ‘seeing 2020’ jokes that were/are going around. We did it. With New Year comes the old adage, the resolution inspired phrase ‘New… Continue reading Mental Health and Writing (An Anxiety Meltdown)
Looking for the smallest mistake in a sea of sentences. It’s arguably the worst part about writing. It sucks all life out of the piece, makes you feel less confident in your words minute by minute and overall is something you would rather somebody else did for you (and yet something you also wouldn’t entrust… Continue reading Editing an Old Piece
So, anonymity and the author? And more importantly, the question as to whether it’s possible to be an anonymous author in the modern age? But firstly, you may ask as an aspiring author why would you want to be anonymous? Why wouldn’t you want your name to be recognized? And, yes, that’s fine. If… Continue reading Anonymity and the Author
The Literary Onion 