Happy Birthday to me…
It is that time of year again when I get officially older. I’m not ready to be an adult yet even if I have legally been one most of my life.
Category: Reflections and thoughts
Diagrams for creating magic systems
One of the fun parts of world-building is creating a magic system. This is true for both novels and tabletop role-playing games. Why do we need magic system diagrams? Magic systems are often at their most interesting when it is clear what they cannot do rather than what they can …
Does suffering have a purpose?
I’ve been thinking about suffering in the world. There is so much of it and it all seems so needless. That got me thinking. Does suffering have a purpose – a wider, deeper, or bigger picture meaning? I think that the answer is probably no. Suffering just is. It is …
I’d like to wish everyone love, joy, and peace this Christmas
I’d like to wish everyone love, joy, and peace this Christmas and a better 2022 than 2021. Let us make 2022 the year when we try to do something unexpected and nice for someone we encounter. Should we even do so sometimes, we will make 2022 a better year than …
Bad days happen to us all
Bad days happen to us all. Sometimes a day just does not lend itself to productivity. Take my writing progress this month in NaNoWriMo. I was a steady good to great with a high of excellent and a low of total fail. It happens. Don’t let those bad days drag …
My big email list problem
I have a big problem with email lists. Maybe three big problems. Part of my problem is that I really hate checking my email. I’m not interested in hearing from anyone with something to sell by email. Ever. I’m not even interested in getting automated updates from sites I willingly …
Professor Matthew Brown
Professor Matthew Brown is a successful scientist with a whole team of other scientists. What this Matthew Brown is not, is me. Today’s Matthew Brown a professor at King’s College London. Professor Brown leads a team that aims to transform scientific breakthroughs and discoveries into life-saving treatments. Basically, this Matthew …
The Matthew Brown report
Everyone believes they are the definitive them. Of course, they are. We are all the heroes of our own story. The trouble is, only one Matthew Brown can show up first in the search results for my name. I’d like that someone to be me. Join me as I explore …
Imposter syndrome and me
I have recently realised that I have been suffering from a massive bout of imposter syndrome. So massive that I had failed to even notice it. Imposter syndrome is something that I have written about for Thanet Creative. It had always been a nagging doubt that I generally managed to …
The Guardian says I am the greatest writer of all time?
The Guardian says I am the greatest writer of all time. At least it does if this screenshot is to be believed. And this is a screenshot. I took it myself. Believe it or not, this has not been photoshopped or altered in any way. This article praising me as …