The Struggle Of Social Media As a Writer
I know, from experience, that using social media as a writer can be a double-edged sword.
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Award-winning Author, Poet, Mental Health Advocate, and the Inaugural Youth Poet Laureate of Stamford (2022-23).
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Nov 275 min read
Imposter Syndrome: Your Writing Feeling as Though It Is Not a Priority
In calling myself a writer, it puts across this idea that being a writer and writing is all that I am — and without it I am nothing.
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Nov 165 min read
Big Life Changes: Loneliness, Finding Yourself, and Finding New People
The way I see it, many of us can go about life, going through the motions and experiencing each day as it comes...
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Oct 265 min read
Using Voice-to-text Dictation for Professional or Academic Writing
As my interest in — and use — of voice-to-text dictation has increased, I have used it more and more across my various types of writing.
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Oct 173 min read
Discovering and Using Audio Journalling
It is it worth doing your own research and coming to a conclusion as to which methods may be more useful to you...
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Jul 75 min read
Reading Should Not Be a Chore: Here’s How to Enjoy It Again
I have found that I struggle to read at the same time as writing (not literally, of course, because it is impossible to do the two...
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May 265 min read
On Allowing Yourself to Be Creative
To have that catharsis on a regular basis, not only does that help maintain introspection, but also help us improve as people.
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May 118 min read
Task Paralysis: What to Do if You Have a Lot of Tasks to Do and You Can’t Decide Where to Start
You might be thinking, if I've already made a plan then why do I have to make more plans?!
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Oct 16, 20237 min read
Planning With a Chronic Illness Is by No Means Impossible, but It Is Very Difficult
Chances are you know somebody with a chronic illness. Contrary to popular opinion, a chronic illness is not an illness that is extremely...
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Oct 12, 20235 min read
Focusing on the Effort Rather Than the Result
I am in the process of making a huge mindset shift, and I feel like it's something crucial that I share with you. We are living in an...
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Sep 23, 20236 min read
Do Not Neglect Your Passions
Dig deep into that, and allow yourself to feel. How do your passions make you feel? As the expression goes, what makes you feel alive?
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Sep 8, 20238 min read
Welcoming Autumn, and Going Into Winter
An ironically warm welcome to autumn, my favourite season. The season of pumpkins, books, and pumpkin spiced lattes. The nights are...
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Aug 27, 20237 min read
Productivity Can Take Many Forms
Having recently come back from holiday, it has allowed me to reset and rethink a few things. One of those being the idea that, when I am...
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Jun 2, 20235 min read
7 Things I Have Learned About Blogging
Hello, it's been a while (or at least it feels like it's been a while). Although it's been just over a week that I have not been...
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May 11, 20235 min read
20K and Counting (Panicking)
All writers understand what a milestone this is! A few weeks ago, I started writing my first novel (a step-up from poetry anthologies and...
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May 6, 20235 min read
Not All Writers are Millionaires
As much as we'd like to be, not all writers are millionaires. Don't get me wrong — there is always hope there, and I've got my fingers...
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Apr 29, 20233 min read
My One Fear as a Self-published Author
...it is the organisation, and transferring all my content over to another site, that terrifies me.
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Apr 29, 20234 min read
Four Reasons Why Being an Empathetic Introvert is an Amazing Quality to Have
Deep emotion Have you heard the saying 'it's just the tip of the iceberg'? Well, this is the perfect saying for this concept. For every...
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Apr 22, 20234 min read
Three Reasons why Introversion and Empathy are Tough
It may surprise you to know that I often wish I wasn't an empath; at least not as empathetic as I am. Empathy is a term that you may have...
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Apr 11, 20231 min read
Education Does Not Have to be Scary
Education is a scary word, but it doesn't have to be. I have written an essay on what it is like to be a wheelchair user. In the words of...
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