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
Those of you who have been following us for a while will notice that this isn’t my usual segment. Back in the dark ages of 2017, I did a series ‘Beating the Block with G’, which pretty much turned into self-care tips. Because of that, I’m labelling it as it is. One of the most … Continue reading
As I’m sure anyone will tell you, our education system is not without its flaws. However, a pretty much worldwide problem is the lack of recognition that we give to creative subjects. We’ve all heard the stereotypes – art majors only do drugs in college and then end up unemployed, English majors are obsessed with … Continue reading
As you can probably tell from the long spaces between posts, our lives have been pretty busy. I recently moved to university which is probably the best thing I’ve ever done. It’s nothing personal that I’ve not been writing here, I’ve hardly done any creative writing or reading since moving to university because life has … Continue reading
Unfortunately, it’s very easy to take a “guilty until proven innocent” standpoint when questioning the authenticity of someone’s identity as a writer, especially your own. I mean, everyone knows real writers write every single day using a typewriter, never use the word “said”, got published first try, have read the entire works of Shakespeare backwards … Continue reading
A few weeks ago, a friend that I lost to my anxiety wrote an article about how mental illness is no longer stigmatized. I won’t call this friend out because this isn’t about pettiness, but the confidence with which they wrote their argument shook me. The discussion is no longer needed, wrote my mentally healthy … Continue reading
According to UCAS, the number of unconditional offers has risen to 7.1% of all offers. Many articles list the rise in unconditional offers as a negative, as though they somehow corrupt the system. However, I would argue the opposite – for many of these students, this is exactly what they need. A levels have been … Continue reading
I was both blown away and thoroughly disappointed by this book. Since I stopped reading as much, I missed a lot of YA books. Shatter Me was one that I’d really looked forward to reading, as I’d heard a lot of good things. What I loved about this book was Mafi’s poetic style. I know … Continue reading
I loved Oliver’s book Delirium, and so I was hoping to find a book that I loved as much. In many ways, this book would have fared better if the bar wasn’t that high. Replica revolves around a research facility where they manufacture clones (or “replicas”). The idea is that the book is split into … Continue reading
I’ve lost touch with reading. Between discovering technology and then boys, reading took a back seat. According to my Goodreads profile, I read 43 books in 2012, compared with 25 the year after, when I got my first tablet, and 10 the year after, when I got my first boyfriend. This year, though, my New … Continue reading
