Reflecting on 2021

Reflecting on 2021

2021 has been truly awful. I thought 2020 was bad. But 2021 has been the worst. The continuation of the pandemic and the state the world is in is just miserable. My mental health has gone through a full-on rollercoaster including the need to take some time off of work...
Press Start

Press Start

Back when I was at university, I submitted a piece of prose to a student anthology where the theme was something around interactivity. The piece didn’t get in unfortunately, and looking back, that was probably the right decision as they undoubtedly received many...
A Confidence Booster

A Confidence Booster

I’ve had my confidence absolutely shattered over the course of the past few months for various reasons and I’m in desperate need of a confidence boost. I was trying to think of ways to do that and have settled on one thing to at least get me started: a list of all the...
Pen to Paper

Pen to Paper

A poem to voice some of the frustrations I’ve been having in trying to get any decent progress made on Book 2. Just a little something to try to get me writing something at least. Pen to Paper I’m trying to write I’m failing though, right? Every time that I try...
Finding Time

Finding Time

If there’s one thing I didn’t quite realise before getting a dog, it was how difficult it can be to find the time to do anything when you have a child. And yes, my puppy Milo is my child in this context, because of course he is. Before, I could just go and do...