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Bird By Bird and Prep School Lunches

You can blame Anne Lamott for this mashup. Bird by Bird is one of those books that I have seen recommended by so many writers...

Dying with my Boots On

The body was lying on its side, almost as if placed into the recovery position. Near to the blackthorn hedge at the second to bottom...

Introducing Notebookerie

My favourite notebook is not a Bullet Journal. There I've said it. It might be a sun-bleached facsimile of Penguin Books "Man and Superman", with...

Dear Internet

When you're writing for the web, for "your audience", for SEO, you're not being honest. Screw the clickbait, the polish, the listicle. Tell me about...

And my Mum TOLD me to play it!!

I love the different colour and case that the seven year old used to write this little note.

Bullet Journal Collections - The Commonplace Book

"When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to...

Future Log: The Alastair Method

I'm a recent convert to Ryder Carroll's Bullet Journal system for keeping on top of my tasks and projects while at the same time keeping...

How to be a lifestyle blogger without being a douche

photo: Kevin Jaako OK, the title should really be "How to be a lifestyle blogger without being a dick" because I am British and that's...

How to write badly

This post is probably a bad one. As you read it months or years into the future, you'll see just how amateurish it was. How...

How to fit your work to your personality type

I am an INFP. For those of you unaware of Myers-Briggs personality types, I strongly recommend that you find out what your type is. Today's...

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