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Finishing strong, or perhaps finishing softly...
"It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish." Or so said JRR Tolkein with somewhat confusing grammatical structure. Welcome to…
Dec 21, 2025
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Headfirst slide into Christmas town on a bad bet...
That's a twist on a Fall Out Boy song title in case you didn't realise, and a very apt way to describe how time seems to move at this point of the year…
Nov 28, 2025
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The sense of an ending... or at least, a year beginning to end...
In which we discover that the real reason spooky season is so scary is that it's very hard to outrun the realities of the things you set yourself up…
Oct 31, 2025
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Fortune favours the bold
Apr 25, 2025
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Trusting in the magic of beginnings
Sep 26, 2025
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Does it bring me joy?
May 30, 2025
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You say you want a revolution
Jul 25, 2025
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Bookish trackers and planners for motivated bookworms and writers on a mission
Jul 6, 2025
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250 years since her birth, Jane Austen's hard work is finally paying off... but what a shame she isn't around to enjoy it
On the question of whether or not Jane Austen is over-rated, and discovering that the pitfalls of the business of writing may not have really changed…
Oct 24, 2025
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Trusting in the magic of beginnings
In which the reluctant Substacker enjoys the September sun and decides not to wait for January to begin a new resolution...
Sep 26, 2025
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Clearing the decks... sort of
In which I take a few weeks off from my day job to finish a few things before they finish me. Welcome to the August update.
Aug 29, 2025
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You say you want a revolution
Well, you know, we all wanna change the world. The reading world, that is. Welcome to July's wrap-up.
Jul 25, 2025
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Bookish trackers and planners for motivated bookworms and writers on a mission
Some free downloadable but definitely not very complex things that I made, which you're welcome to have if you're motivated by this kind of stuff... I…
Jul 6, 2025
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Just because you can do anything...
Doesn't mean you have to do everything all at once! This month, the reluctant Substacker takes on one too many projects and tries to go a month without…
Jun 27, 2025
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Does it bring me joy?
In which the reluctant Substacker looks at the habits she's kept up... and stuffed up... so far this year. Welcome to May's wrap up.
May 30, 2025
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Fortune favours the bold
In which the reluctant Substacker tries to power through a reading slump, while simultaneously releasing her first novel into the world.
Apr 25, 2025
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The Distance Between Dreams is out now!
A special treat for release day
Apr 1, 2025
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