Writing the Perfect Beast #29

I may yet hold onto the World...

#NaPoWriMo Day 27

Not long now, Poetry Brain, not long at all...

[in]complete #5: once in a lifetime

Things may be about to get very weird, or it could simply end up as another random Saturday.

BIT #3: Information Overload

There is a lot to tell you coming up...

The Year of the Sandwich #2

I'm off now to make myself a sandwich...

[in]complete #4: Not as Advertised

These are those Interesting Times that proverb warned me about...

BIT #2: How to fulfil your Dreams in a World that does not need them...

What I desperately dream of now is a level playing field...

Writing the Perfect Beast #28

It's about understanding what I could yet be capable of.

Eclectic #4: I can See

Starting on March 31st, 2026, NGNVNF will be introducing a rolling series of writing prompts suitable for all levels of writer across multiple formats. There will be a chance to share your work starting in May, 2026. Watch this space. So, I've finished teaching a small group of

The Science of Evolution: Poetry Edition #1

The future should be as diverse and quirky as I know this community to be.

[in]complete #3: The Chapbook Void [and how to fill it]

This opens a whole new space for me to explore...

Eclectic #3: Time and Tide

It is time to level up, and start combining words and pictures as our inspiration into larger thematic processes...

#NaPoWriMo Day 8

Sometimes it is not helpful to go back and dredge up history...

BIT #1: I don't make the Rules

...we will attempt to keep the navel-gazing to a minimum: if it happens, you'll now know which posts you can overlook, if this is not of interest to you...

Writing the Perfect Beast #27

There are no winners when xenophobia becomes more damaging than criticism...

Eclectic #2: More Fool You

Our second prompt is a little more abstract but hopefully accessible...

NaPoWriMo Day 1: First Steps

Things don't properly settle in 2018 until I unexpectedly win something...

Eclectic #1: Easy Does It

Prompt One of what I hope will be Many...

[in]complete #2: I see You

nobody right now in poetry is telling my truth except me

The Year of the Sandwich #1

This here is the cover for a project that is effectively acting as a test bed for an upcoming period of creative experience...

[in]complete #1: oh no, not again

A smart person would have settled this by now, but I am emotionally damaged and find failure often crippling to rationalise.

eclectic begins 31/03

Introducing writing prompts and creative inspiration, available to anyone who wants to opt-into mailings after May 1st, which will then be shared both on BlueSky and Instagram.

Admin Update #1

This is a Website Update email. If that interests you, read on. If not, you can bin this <3

Writing the Perfect Beast #26

How to be yourself when the vast majority of your industry seems to have little interest in your outlook...