Feeling Crafty

What it costs to keep making art when you’re not young, hot, or blowing up on TikTok

A survival guide for the exhausted, the aging, the underpaid, the algorithm-ignored.

How I write forward when I can’t think straight.

The truth behind getting a book deal.

I’m still here, and still writing. And I’m coming back.

Social media exhausts me. No one reads. So, why bother?

All you need is structure and a process.

Our art will get us through this…I hope.

It involves…snakes. Stick with me.

One focuses on craft, the latter centers on catharsis.

Because if you’re born to write, it’s the one thing you ought to do.

Redefining success as the act of achievement not the result of the achievement.

People don’t want the ache — they crave the fairytale ending, the one million copies sold.

A deep-dive into my process with examples

A guide to putting your reader’s heart on pause.

If you’re passionate about writing, you belong at the table.

It’s about telling stories with perspective. Don’t perform for clicks.

Navigating the line between writing dark stories and everyone’s desire for a happy ending.

A beginner’s guide for new writers who want to stand out from the sea of same stories.

They’re not one and the same.

Learning how to be a good reader is what makes you a writer…Don’t romanticise your ‘vocation.’ You can either write good sentences or you…

Because you’re writing even when you’re not writing.

The success of our art should be what we create, not how we preen and perform on social media.

Tell me it’s not about appeasing algorithms and making millions.