There’s nothing funky about being in a funk. You know those days when you’d rather endure a hot chilli enema than stare at that blinking cursor and blank page for one second longer? Those days can stretch on into weeks. Those weeks can turn into months. And those months can turn into a brain aneurysm. […]
10 Ways To Celebrate National Poetry Day 2016 (October 6th)
National Poetry Day is here. It’s a day to indulge our love of the written and spoken word. It’s a day to celebrate everything that poetry can do. All over the UK, people will be discovering poetry for the first time, revisiting poetry after years of appreciation, writing poetry, discussing poetry, and living poetry. But […]
The Best Books and Audiobooks on Scribd
At the dawn of the e-reader era, bookworms the world over lamented the death of traditional print publishing. Many, myself included, vowed that they would never make the shift from paper to Paperwhite. But all it took for me to quickly change my mind was a glorious app called Scribd. Bibliophiles aren’t looking at the death […]
How To Find New Exciting Books & Learn About The World (Globe Spinning Book Challenge)
Remember that childhood game where you spun a globe and wherever your finger landed was your future home? I love that game. I was obsessed with the idea of world travel ever since I was a little kid. My dad used to go on business trips to exotic lands like China and Mexico and Vietnam […]
Can Your iPhone Make You A Better Writer? (11 Essential Apps For Writers)
It’s a question that writers have asked since the dawn of time. And by ‘dawn of time’, I mean 2007. Can our smartphones improve our writing? The honest answer is no. Only we can improve our writing. We do this by, you know, actually writing. A lot. BUT… There are a whole bunch of apps […]
3 Habits I’ve Adopted This Month To Improve My Writing (And 2 Plans For The Next 2 Months)
September, 2016 (Yokohama, Japan) This month was a blur. Actually this whole year was a blur. A flurry of different homes across the world, visa stress (don’t ask), and fingers tapping furiously on the keyboard. But as the moon finishes its vicious cycle, we should all ask ourselves… What did I do this month? And… Did […]
8 Killer Ways to Prepare for an Oxford or Cambridge University Interview (English Language & Literature)
My interview process for Oxford lasted two days and presented me with a strong mixture of exhilaration, exhaustion, and fear. Those two days were the culmination of a year’s work and I want to share with you here the preparation I did and what worked for me. These tips will be for before and during […]
7 Lessons Learned From Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl (Book Review)
Man’s Search for Meaning (1946) by Viktor E. Frankl is one of the most life-changing books I have ever read. There are only a handful of books that have permanently changed the way I view the world, the way I view life, and my constant state of mind. Man’s Search for Meaning is one of […]
11 Ways Writers Can Keep Fit
Your body and mind are intertwined. But, as writers, our craft demands that we spend alarmingly large portions of our life being sedentary. I love pounding out stories but I don’t like making sacrifices in order to do it. Sciatica, psychosis, and stiffness (not the good kind) are common companions when you spend too much […]
Is it too late to become a writer?
I see this question a lot. People in their 30s, 40s, 50s asking if it’s too late to become a writer. A user on Quora recently asked whether 28-years-old is too late to become a writer. Wait a minute. What? You’re still in your twenties and you think the ship has sailed? WARNING: Sarcasm alert. […]
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