The next few weeks are a landmark time for Kit and many other students: the start of university. Such a rollercoaster period is a wild ride for anyone, but can be made more difficult by not drinking. This post isn’t just for teetotal folk, though, there’s some useful information for anyone starting uni. When I … Continue reading
We’ve all met the dark and mysterious, brooding and broken characters that generally act awfully but everybody wants to help them anyway. That, I think, is the general way characters with emotional repression are portrayed. Since I am currently writing emotionally repressed characters, I’d like to add some tips that may help you write these … Continue reading
A while back I did a post about writing characters with severe allergies. Since then, I’ve stumbled across a lot of online queries about living with anaphylaxis, from sufferers or concerned guardians. One of the most difficult topics is travelling. I touched on this briefly on the previous post, but as I’ve gained more experience … Continue reading
One of the main things I wanted to fix during the first year of my degree was my tendency to gravitate towards books that I was embarrassed to read. I’m talking trashy YA books with insanely problematic characters combined with edgy, quotable lines. At the start of the year, I berated myself for spending so … Continue reading
Just a short post to let y’all know that we now have a Goodreads group! Even when we’re all too busy to be posting, we’ll be updating you on what we’re currently reading, along with upcoming content. Check it out here. We’ve not forgotten about Blogolepsy, just have a lot to be dealing with at … Continue reading
We’re a little late posting this, but another year has passed and we’ve reached our cotton anniversary. This is the point where we usually update anyone listening on how things are going for us. Yup, you read that right; it’s your annual opportunity to hear from Kit! We reached 50 followers last month, which was … Continue reading
Hi, I’m Finn. I study sport and exercise science at Aberystwyth university, I run the blog Monkey King Athletics, oh and I’m autistic.G has asked me to weigh in on the topic of writing autistic characters in fiction, similarly to her post about writing allergies. The Facts Autism is a neuro-developmental condition that has a … Continue reading
If you work or study in a creative industry, you’ll understand the pressures of being creative on demand. In fact, even fellow bloggers will understand the pressure to continually churn out content. It seems like an oxymoron, right? The closer the deadline gets, the greater the pressure gets, and then the rarer inspiration gets. The … Continue reading
As I wrote in December 2018 when this post was meant to be published, “It’s been an interesting year all round.” Unfortunately, it was such an interesting year that I then got scarlet fever and didn’t write much else, and here we are 6 months later, three book posts behind. This will be my last … Continue reading
Talk of sustainability is everywhere, at the moment. If the imminent death of our planet is a source of anxiety for you, you’re not alone. It can be easy to be scared into inactivity by the fact that any improvement we make will likely be overshadowed by the multitude of corporations that constantly cause thousands … Continue reading
