What is discovery writing?

During my time as a creative writing student, I was taught the building blocks of good writing and learnt how to write a short story with my eyes closed. Final year saw 3000 word stories with 2000 word commentaries. Now I love a short story, there's a skill and practice to it, but it doesn't … Continue reading What is discovery writing? →

What is The Pretty Boat?

When I started writing under the handle of Jester's Bauble (the remnants of which form this blog), I set myself quite a few points: This was to post at least once a weekThese can vary between different types, from fiction, to poetry, to game designThey had to be around 2000-3000 words It was a fun … Continue reading What is The Pretty Boat? →

Dumpster Fires and Self-Growth

At the start of last year, I wrote a piece called 2020 Vision - The New Year Zine, a reflective post about self-improvement and planning for the year ahead. To some extent it is a form of CBT mixed with zine making. I've been thinking about writing this blog post for a while now, an … Continue reading Dumpster Fires and Self-Growth →

We’ll be back after this short intermission…

Hey everyone, bit of an odd one this week and something I wouldn't do but wanted to give a personal update. This has been a tough year for everybody and trying to maintain balance between work, personal life, hobbies, and relationships has been tough. For those that have been following or saw my post on … Continue reading We’ll be back after this short intermission… →

The Boy That Didn’t Want to be Saved

The boy said he didn’t want to be saved, that there was nothing to save him from. He was sat with his legs dangling over the edge of a bridge like every cliché. The water beneath wasn’t so far, a sprained ankle at best with the depth of the water. He said he didn’t want saving, … Continue reading The Boy That Didn’t Want to be Saved →

Five Ideas to Keep You Writing

When you’re writing, it can easy to get blocked from carrying on and the cogs in your brain reach for a blue screen and all that wants to leave your fingertips is blargh!! In my post about writing blogs, I briefly brushed upon my little blue book. In concept, this book is full of random words, … Continue reading Five Ideas to Keep You Writing →

HOME: SURVIVAL

Hi everyone, been a bit quiet on the blog front recently, but this is my reason for it. I've been preparing to launch an RPG on Kickstarter on the 16th as part of their Zine Quest project. The game I'll be launching is HOME: SURVIVAL The game is a table-top role playing game for 3-6 … Continue reading HOME: SURVIVAL →

How to write a blog

It’s been almost one year of being the Jester’s Bauble, of taking the moniker and setting myself the task of writing one post a week whether I want to or not. It’s childish in a way, empowering, to hide yourself under an avatar and fake name, ti generate whatever into the ether of the internet … Continue reading How to write a blog →

2020 Vision – The New Year Zine

“We are people, we are equal, you are wonderful and rare.” I Got Love, The King Blues I’ve gotten to that age in my life, the one where you meet people and they ask me what you do. The usual response I give is that I’m a librarian. They nod, make a comment, usually about reading, … Continue reading 2020 Vision – The New Year Zine →

Preparing for the NaNoWriMo

The NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) is a self-imposed challenge which pushes you write an entire novel in 30 days. How much is a novel? According to the challenge, the goal is to write 50,000 words which translates to around 1,667 words a day (quite a difference from the 1000-3000 deadline I set myself a … Continue reading Preparing for the NaNoWriMo →