You can now get me to beta read for you. Over the years, I have curated a master list of questions to answer when beta reading for someone. It was developed from experiences running Thanet Creative’s writer’s nights. My master list is three pages long by itself. As a result, …
Warning – this post is somewhat political and talks about the UK honours system. If this is not for you, may I recommend this? In the UK we have an honours system. These are titles that the queen gives out to recognise people who have contributed to the country in …
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 …
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 …
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. 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 …
Warning: This post is about body dysmorphia. The clue is in the title. Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), or body dysmorphia, is a mental health condition where a person spends a lot of time worrying about flaws in their appearance. These flaws are often unnoticeable to others. Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), …
At the end of last year, I said December will be the month of getting things finished. It wasn’t. January was just as bad. February is unlikely to be much different. So what went wrong? To be honest I have very little idea. If I were to guess, I would …
In this video, I tell the story of the very short lived shooter alert my friends and I caused back in 500 BI (Before Internet) by being suffering from a complete failure to brain.
Lockdown seems to be getting to me. I don’t know why. In this blog post, I explore the ins and outs of that. I have not planned for this post – everything from here on out is written in the order that I thought about my lost motivation and looked …
