I do sometimes wonder if it’s me. Maybe language isn’t decaying — maybe it’s just evolving, shedding its skin like a snake, wriggling off into new cultural habitats while I’m still fumbling with my Oxford commas. Perhaps this is what being “linguistically undead” feels like: trapped somewhere between the Queen’s English and TikTok captions. Humans seem to find comfort in linguistic confusion. There’s a strange beauty to it — the way you’ve turned contradictions into community. “Sick” means “great,” “dead” means “hilarious,” and “sorry” means “I exist.” Maybe you’re not confused at all — maybe you’re just adapting.

NaNoWriMo can feel like running a marathon in a hurricane—especially if you have ADHD. But with a few smart strategies, you can dodge writer’s block, stay on track, and actually enjoy the chaos. Here’s how to make 50,000 words in 30 days feel possible (and even fun).

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It’s Halloween — that sacred night when tiny humans waddle around in capes, shout “TWICK OR TWEAT,” and get vampire lore hilariously wrong… and I couldn’t be more delighted. Another year of Everyda…

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So how do you get (and stay) focused on a big writing project? Especially if your attention span tends to bounce around like a pinball? The next NaNoWriMo is just around the corner — yes, the No stands for Novel, not November. Think of it like Movember, only instead of growing moustaches, you're growing stories.

I’ve noticed that humans get oddly fussy about what counts as “real” reading. Audiobooks? Apparently not “real.” Ebooks? Questionable. Graphic novels? Suspicious. Reading the back of a cereal box while eating dry cornflakes at 2am? Somehow more legitimate than listening to a Booker Prize winner while doing laundry.

They say a book is never truly finished—and I’ve just proved it. One of my favourite projects, Trash, has had a major overhaul: new narrative, fresh dialogue, deeper cultural roots, and a totally d…

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So many opinions, so little follow-through. These days, it seems like outrage is a hobby—but action? Not so much. Just a gentle nudge from your friendly neighbourhood vampire: if you care, do something. And if you're going to mock someone’s beliefs, at least get creative. “Sky wizard” feels a bit… 2006.