Archive - Deracinated

February 2025

The Drip-feed and the Strip-tease

Or, how to say less and mean more

Feb 28 •

Do you want an agent? Or do you want agency?

Let’s face it — most of us are a little surprised that we’re the adults now.

Feb 21 •

Which shall it be, the Elephant or the Egg?

Every writer, without exception, wants to write something that keeps the reader hooked till the end.

Feb 14 •

Nobody will love your baby as much as you do

Every once in a while, I see a parent cooing over an utterly spoiled, poorly-behaved child as if it’s utterly perfect.

Feb 7 •

January 2025

How do you find the time to write?

Put another way, what is and what isn't "writing time?"

Jan 31 •

10 signs of a Conviction Recession

Conviction is contagious. So is a lack of it.

Jan 24 •

How to take yourself just seriously enough

or, why you should wear pants

Jan 17 •

I'm an ARTISTE! Spreadsheets are for plebes!

Which of us hasn’t wanted to say that at some point?

Jan 10 •

Thank you for your life's work. Here's an apple.

On the vagaries of modern creative life

Jan 3 •

December 2024

Ode to the Road

I may have been a travel blogger in a past life

Dec 26, 2024 •

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