It's always dangerous to think you're through the worst, isn't it?
DIFFERENT THINGS – MARCH 2021
Miranda's Gary is still the devil, writing eulogies is the worst, and finding people to join your crazy writing group is the best... Here's some different things I've been thinking a lot about this past month. Maybe there's something here to interest you too?
DIFFERENT THINGS – JANUARY & FEBRUARY 2021
Drowning in telly, emailing your future, and the way I'm tackling my writing goals this year... Here's some different things I've been thinking a lot about this past month. Maybe there's something here to interest you too?
DIFFERENT THINGS – DECEMBER 2020
Comfort viewing, making art, and the art of holidays. Here's some different things I've been thinking a lot about this past month. Maybe there's something here to interest you too?
DIFFERENT THINGS – OCTOBER 2020
The Haunting of Bly Manor, our misguided idolatry of money, and the capricious spectre of mortality. Here's some different things I've been thinking a lot about this past month. Maybe there's something here to interest you too?
DIFFERENT THINGS – JUNE 2020
Changing times, the need for change, creative crashing. June seems to have flown by, so a bit late with this one! Here's some different things I've been thinking a lot about this past month. Maybe there's something here to interest you too?
Monthly Wrap-Up – January 2018
Inspired by Austin Kleonโs Ten Things, and in awe of Pip Lincolneโs Taking Stock blog posts, Iโm going to give a weird hybrid of the two a crack. Here we go! Hereโs what Iโve been up to this month: WATCHING the brilliant The Good Place, which Iโm utterly THRILLED for (itโs perhaps the best thing …
Embracing My Inner Loser
Iโve been having a couple of those kinds of weeks. Iโve taken on work I really didnโt want to take on because, you know, dignity isnโt as important as paying the bills. Iโve had to put myself on a diet, not because I give a flying ratโs about my weight, but because I no longer …
A Festive Salute to Freelancers
The first big production company I worked for cultivatedย its own mythology, which included tales of the heady, freewheeling 80s when TV budgets were beyond generous, and so too the bosses. Christmas parties were spared no expense. I remember the technical director reminiscing, in genuine awed reverence, about the CEO literally descending from the rafters of …
How Would You Describe Yourself? An Incidental Discovery
Towards the end of last year, I was in a bit of a state. I was still coming to terms with being a freelancer, I wasnโt being productive as a writer or as a filmmaker, and a couple of personal projects kind of fell apart. Things felt stuck. As someone who needs to always be …
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I Love You, Collective Experience…
Let me start by getting a small confession out of the way โ I have read the Twilight books at least five times all the way through. While I am somewhat embarrassed, I am not ashamed. And no, this is not going to be a post all about Twilight, so relax. I tell you this …
Judge The Work, Not The Audience
In which I get all a bit hot under the collar about people who dismiss youth media (or any genre storytelling) because of their own prejudices about the intended audience. When we think of โageismโ, we generally think of a bias towards the young over the old. We see it everywhere as we are …
