Matthew is an active contributor and lead editor for Thanet Creative (a creative charity for writers and poets).
Recent Thanet Creative Posts
- Neil Gaiman on the antidote to rejection
In this video, best-selling author Neil Gaiman talks
- My problem with “was”
The word “was” is an easy fit when writing
- 5 hard-won editing tips
Editing your writing can be a hard process. At
- A conversation with a journaling coach
Recently I had a web-based conversation with a journaling
- 25 words most writers should avoid
In the game of writing, not all words were
- MixMatched Margate: A Spoken Word Night
MixMatched: Margate is an inclusive spoken word and performance
- Word of the Week: Eldritch
Eldritch is a word meaning something otherworldly, weird, ghostly,
- Word of the Week: Flabbergast
Flabbergast is an informal verb meaning to surprise someone
- Word of the Week: Myriad
A myriad is a lot of something. Usually, myriad
- Word of the Week: Anthropomorphize
When you anthropomorphize a thing you attribute human characteristics