I wanted to write a series of blog posts relating to the struggle to find employment during an international pandemic. To share what it is like to hunt for a role in a locked down England. But, writing so many cover letters every day is taking it's toll on me... Perhaps I'll try again once [...]
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Note to self: don’t ever attempt an international move mid pandemic again.
Twice was more than enough. Yup, we moved internationally twice in the last year during covid. Correct, we are crazy. The first move was back to Australia in the hope things would be easier there. When covid hit the UK in March we didn’t qualify to travel back together, as my then fiancé isn’t an [...]
does anyone blog anymore?
I have decided to begin blogging again. Sure, I still believe my life is about an interesting as painting a wall (trust me, I now have a lot of experience doing this and it as boring a job as they come!), but what else is there to do during lockdown. I know, lockdown is almost [...]
Re-Imagined Romance – A Cinderella Story
A short story I wrote years ago and decided was worth sharing. It was quite obviously written during my Nevernight obsession - please forward any complaints about the crudeness to my inspiration as I take no responsibility for past Hannah.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
**Minor Spoilers!** ★★★★★ From the halfway mark I knew I had found my new favourite book. This book is an earth shattering, gut-wrenching take on the meaning of being human. Three hundred years ago, Addie LaRue made a deal with the gods who answer after dark. In exchange for the chance to live a thousand [...]
Valentines.
What’s life without a little risk? Or in my case a whole truck load of it. Risk seems to have become a theme in 2019 for me. Honestly, it’s been a long time coming. I’ve owed myself a lot of chances, I’ve missed a lot of opportunities and had to live with regrets. But not [...]
2019, a foreword
It’s that time of year again. A beginning, but for many people a chance to reflect on the year that was. For me, 2018 was not an easy year. But rather than dwell on the hurt, I choose to move into the new year grateful for the lessons and the happiness that came toward the [...]
PSA
Olivia Moss & Ty Collins VS the World will be entering the world, for free, in 2019. Watch this space 🖤
The hardest part of being a writer
Do you know what’s harder than putting your all into something knowing it’s success depends entirely on other people liking this thing you’ve put blood, sweat and tears into (not always metaphorically) and that you won’t know if people are going to like it until after you’ve spent years (if only that was an exaggeration) [...]
The Illuminae Files by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
Unless you’ve spent the last 3 years traveling at light-speed through space on the run from the megacorporation that destroyed your home, you’ve probably heard of The Illuminae Files. With the recent release of the third and final instalment of this thrilling series, it’s hard to avoid the hype crawling every bookish vent of cyberspace. [...]
