Category: Writing Antics
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Down Time
Tl;dr: My debut poetry collection is available for pre-order NOW under a NEW NAME and will officially launch in January! If you like nostalgia/memory, confessional writing, and a poetry collection with a dedicated playlist, snap up a copy here: https://reconnectingrainbows.co.uk/book/ybs/ Also, this website will be taken down sometime soon but the previous posts will be moved…
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Why a Blog?
I’m writing what will hopefully be a quick note, but given its importance, it might wind up much longer than intended. If you read to wherever it ends, congrats. Recently, I’ve noticed quite a few of my fellow writers have launched Substacks. Faced with countless rejections, an industry that treats any project that whiffs of…
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Art for Artists and Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson passed away on June 11th, 2025. I went to work the next day, keeping my composure for most of the commute, until “It’s Not Easy Being Me” started playing. The grandiose instrumentation, paired with frustrated, earnest lyrics, was comforting in a way. A song from the heart, adorned with sound, like a pat…
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Goodbyes
The stages of grief are so well-known they’ve joined the armchair psychologist’s lexicon. However, if you’ve experienced grief, you’ve probably noticed the moment you passed through each stage, how you can still fluctuate between them. Sometimes, when you think you’ve reached Acceptance, you start Bargaining again. Or you’re mired in Bargaining and slip back into…
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What Did I Write?
In her recent video on Lev Grossman’s The Magicians trilogy, video essayist Laura Crone does an excellent sidebar into the “unhinged zone” where she discusses the issues with and inherent superiority of Literary Fiction. As I watched, I completely agreed with her criticisms; I also resent the idea that one amorphous category of literature is…
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Writer’s Rush
In the past two months, too much happened. I got engaged, which coincided with both my birthday party and parents’ visit, and performed in a ton of cabaret shows and poetry open mics. Now, I’m writing to you from a cottage in the Cotswolds, complete with a bucolic high street, fireplace, and shops full of…
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Speed
I’m always skeptical of when a literary agency, journal or competition has a rapid turnaround. On one hand, it’s great to have a clear idea of when the result will arrive. The average eight-week (but usually longer) waiting time can be agonizing. I’m often tortured by regret that I didn’t send a better version of…
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Performance
Baby’s first pamphlet, Sarah Lawrence College Poetry Festival, 2014 Recap: I’ve been rejected from two prose competitions and one poetry journal. I’ve submitted my work to many, many more to outpace these rejections. I attended my monthly poetry reading group, a poetry workshop in London, a craft talk with the inimitable George RR Martin, and…