This post is meant to be taken in jest! The English language is a mess, isn't it? It's all mixed up, made up of words from all different languages. Sometimes the same letters in the same order don't make the same sound, to the despair of second-language learners. The Americans knew it was a mess… Continue reading Our Alphabet Sucks, We Need A New One
Category: Personal and Other
A Minecraft Tale
In the past I've enjoyed reading AARs (After-Action Reports). They're blog write-ups of someone's playthrough of a game. Sometimes they're even more fun than actually playing. They add a bit of story to the game, a bit of extra imagination. I played Minecraft again, so here's a little AAR for you. I woke up on… Continue reading A Minecraft Tale
The College Interview
Last year I lived in Portsmouth, a city on England's south coast. The most densely populated urban area in Western Europe, if you believe Google - more dense than Inner London. It didn't really suit a loner like me, but I still came to love the place, and it was great hearing the raucous chant… Continue reading The College Interview
My First YouTube Video (Why I Like Fantasy)
Yeah, I bit the bullet and made a video. The first one I attemped wasn't very good. I read from a script, and it really sounded like it. Blah. But I have like 30 draft blog posts for this blog now (most are just titles or notes for when I come to write them). I… Continue reading My First YouTube Video (Why I Like Fantasy)
A Eulogy For Bloomers And Tarts
Bloomers and Tarts was a sandwich shop. There she is. It might not look like much, and it may have been years since I ate from there, but I loved it. I live in a pretty big village. I mean, there are two supermarkets within walking distance, and since it lies beside the M6 toll… Continue reading A Eulogy For Bloomers And Tarts
Tiny Letters From Me
We're told over and over again that we need an author newsletter, right? Well, I was stubborn. "Not me!" I said. I didn't want the stress of managing people's emails. They're trusting you with their personal data, after all. I just wasn't sure I saw the point of them. I subscribed to some people's newsletters,… Continue reading Tiny Letters From Me
A Cheap, Easy Meal for Lockdown Times
When I started this blog, I pondered whether I should make it about writing, history, or myself. A global pandemic was as far from my mind as it could possibly be. Yet here we are. Now I've done a lot of cooking in my life - most of it on a tight budget. I was… Continue reading A Cheap, Easy Meal for Lockdown Times
Keep Writing
I'm in a mood to say stuff today. Stuff that might motivate you. Stuff that might scare you. But it's stuff I strongly feel I need to say. There are lots of things people don't understand about writing. There's a kind of mysticism that surrounds writers and the act of writing. The 'muse', as some… Continue reading Keep Writing
Dewi Hargreaves 