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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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Acknowledging Burnout and the Process of Being a Writer
There are so many things that I would like to do, that I would like to achieve, that I'm interested in. This automatically means that I end up doing a lot without acknowledging the fact that I am potentially doing too much at once — and that leads to an endless cycle of burnout.
Sep 69 min read
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Reintroducing My Publications: Poetry Anthologies, Essays, and Short Stories
What a relief it is to be in this position If you're reading this, then my publications are all ready for you to read — and let me tell...
Jul 18 min read
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Why I Don’t Feel the Need to Include Disabled Characters in My Writing
As a disabled person, I do believe that there is a certain need to be a voice discussing disability as it is an opportunity to educate...
Feb 87 min read
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Introduction to Using Social Media as a Digital Writing Platform
Digital writing is essentially writing for entertainment and/or consumption on a digital space.
Dec 15, 20247 min read
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Writing as an Outlet as a Disabled Person
Writing also allows for a level playing field, because disability is not the defining factor of anything within writing.
Dec 8, 20249 min read
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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.
Dec 1, 20243 min read
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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.
Nov 27, 20245 min read
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Is Blogging Inferior to Other Types of Writing?
I also get the impression that people don't like to read blogs because they are written by ‘random people’...
Nov 23, 20243 min read
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To-Do List Productivity App Recommendation
Every time you complete task, edit a task, or reach a daily goal (which you can set yourself), you get to certain amount of points.
Nov 22, 20245 min read
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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...
Nov 16, 20245 min read
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How Dictation Can Revolutionise Your Note-Taking Process as a Student
What I really like about it is the simplicity. The fact that I could be reading a chapter in a module book, or reading a website...
Nov 6, 20244 min read
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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.
Oct 26, 20245 min read
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Four Tips to Help You Organise the Overwhelm of Having Too Many Ideas When Writing
Being a writer means being creative, and being creative means that there is — more or less — a constant stream of ideas...
Oct 11, 20244 min read
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Making Dreams Come True
This could be striving to achieve academically, this could be becoming a published author, it could be buying a house and raising a family.
Oct 5, 20245 min read
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Preparing For, and Acknowledging, Lingering Doubt at the Thought of Starting Second Year of University
I have made it through the first year of university, so therefore I should be feeling quite confident about going into my second year of...
Sep 28, 20243 min read
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Writing Comedy: How to Give Yourself a Laugh
I'm only just starting to consider what writing this post and writing comedy might actually say about me... Recently, I have began to...
Sep 19, 20243 min read
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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...
Jul 7, 20245 min read
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Writing and Performing Poetry as a Wheelchair User
When your movement is restricted, it is important that the words carry more power and do most, if not all, of the expression.
Jun 15, 20244 min read
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Blog Versus NewsletterÂ
There is this continual debate in online and the e-commerce space as to whether a newsletter or maintaining a blog is the better approach.
Jun 8, 20245 min read
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Money Doesn't Buy You Happiness…or Does It?
Having said that, money can give you opportunity. Think of it being like ‘it's not what you know, it's who you know’.
Jun 2, 20244 min read
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