15 hours agoMember-onlySer Bubbles of Beer | Pt. 2A Medieval Tale About a Knight Stuck In His Helmet — All He Wants Is a Refreshing Beer — If you haven’t already, you can read part one here: Short Stories | Fiction Edit descriptionmedium.com The maiden hobbles over to Ser Bubbles with her arms akimbo and a wry look. “Another beer? Oh, wait, you haven’t finished that one!” she bellows, obnoxiously joined by the free swords from across the room. “Well, fair maiden, I’d…Short Story4 min readShort Story4 min read
3 days agoMember-onlySer Bubbles of Beer | Pt. 1A Medieval Tale About a Knight Stuck In His Helmet — All He Wants Is a Refreshing Beer — The putrid stench of an open fire radiates through the tavern, infecting its food with a foul taste and dulling the sharp nip of beer, wines, and spirits. The smoke loudly makes its way past the flickering candles, the rowdy free swords giggling over the maiden’s bosom, and the tiny…Short Story3 min readShort Story3 min read
Published in A Time to Brew·5 days agoMember-onlyThe Surprising Results of My £114 Press ReleaseWas It Worth It? — Over a month ago, before I decided to quit Medium, which, obviously, didn’t last long, I wrote an article about publishing my first press release. You can read that post here: Was Spending £114 On a Press Release Worth It? Exploring New Marketing Methods as an Authormedium.com In the above article, I discuss my hopes and reasons for publishing a press release. Almost two months later…Writing4 min readWriting4 min read
Published in A Time to Brew·Mar 13Member-onlyWhy I’m No Longer Writing Bad Book ReviewsI’m Not Qualified — For a while, here on Medium, I ran a series called Bite-Sized Book Reviews, in which I reviewed books in approximately three sentences. Bite-Sized Book Reviews Discover your next read—or not—in less than thirty seconds.medium.com Most reviews I wrote were positive, speaking to the quality of the books, but others were scathing. This was my harshest review: Bite-Sized Book Reviews #10 | The Dangers of Smoking In The Dangers of Smoking in Bed is a collection of creepy short stories by Mariana Enriquez. However, it’s more like a…medium.comBook Review4 min readBook Review4 min read
Published in A Time to Brew·Mar 10Member-onlyBanned Books: Could This One Be Next?Read It While You Can — Yesterday, I released my new book Matita: The Tragic Tale of a Writer’s Pencil. I didn’t expect a warm welcome. It’s a fucked up book with some terrible themes (and my books rarely perform well). Nevertheless, I was surprised to be immediately attacked on Twitter. Not sure why I’m shocked…Banned Books5 min readBanned Books5 min read
Published in A Time to Brew·Mar 8Member-onlyCrashing and Burning But Not Giving UpI Hit a Wall and Burst a Mental Pipe — Welcome to hustle culture, population: us. It’s easy to see other writers on Medium, Twitter, and Instagram grow their following without difficulty and think, ‘damn, that’s what I should be doing.’ But what we don’t see is the gruelling effort they put into building a platform and promoting their personal…Writing5 min readWriting5 min read
Mar 6Member-onlyA Grovelling Return to MediumWhy I’m — Predictably — Returning to Medium — Barely a month ago, I announced that I was leaving Medium to start my own publication on Substack called The Brew. I won’t go over my reasonings for leaving Medium again in this article. If you’re interested, you can read my exit article below. Why I’m Quitting Medium And Moving To Substackmedium.com However, as you can tell by…Medium4 min readMedium4 min read
Feb 8Member-onlyWhy I’m Quitting MediumAnd Moving To Substack — Yes. That’s right. I’m quitting Medium. To those of you who care, this is probably quite a shock, and, I promise, it’s not a shameless marketing ploy. I really have decided to leave the platform and start anew on Substack. I started posting on Medium in October 2022 to build…Medium5 min readMedium5 min read
Feb 3Member-onlyBite-Sized Book Reviews #16 | LapvonaDNF. I heard many great things about Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh, yet I was left disappointed. I was intrigued by the world and characters…Book Review1 min readBook Review1 min read
Jan 30Member-onlyI Asked ChatGPT to Review 5 Fiction BooksAnd It Has Incredible Taste — As those of you who follow me will know, I write a weekly book review series called Bite-Sized Book Reviews, where I provide short, digestible overviews of my recent reads. Bite-Sized Book Reviews Discover your next read—or not—in less than thirty seconds.medium.com Bite-Sized Book Reviews is one of my favourite Medium series to write. They’re quick and snappy, and it gives me…Chatgpt6 min readChatgpt6 min read
