The books behind the book – diving into the stories & history that inspired The Salt Oracle
Updates from the writing cave: Since I last posted here, I have finished the first draft of the strange and challenging parallel world book that I began over the summer. I’ve done a quick first pass tidy up of it and have now shelved it to work on other things while it thinks about what…
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This is a new low (publishing version)
[Edit: I wrote this post a few weeks back but delayed publishing because of the move from Substack to Patreon. A few things have changed, namely going on sub with Birds and feeling hopeful about that. But I think it’s still important to share this article as it was when I wrote it, so… ta…
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Dystopias, reality, and getting crabbit about labels
[This article was posted on my Substack in May, please do go check that out to stay up to date with my latest articles and news] So a wee while ago I was asked a question at an event that very nearly launched me into a TED talk of an answer. We were out of…
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Introducing The Salt Oracle
Well, my loves, I promised a proper introduction to my next book, and ta da! Here finally it is! Along with a deep dive into how I navigated a challenging developmental edit process, which I hope will prove useful/comforting to you if you ever face similar. [This article was published on my Substack in early…
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Interiority, quiet stories and ‘tv brain’
I crawled out of the editing cave recently to ramble about interiority. Please blame any incoherence on my brain currently resembling overcooked spaghetti. A wee while ago I read two fascinating articles on Substack. The first was by Kern Carter, who interogated a few extremely successful books and posed the question – have we lost…
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A year in review, a year in anticipation
A year of writing – the numbers and why they don’t matter. Welcome to 2025! (late but don’t judge, we have approximately 16 milliseconds of daylight this time of year, I’m 90% dozy bear) Being as I talk the talk about resilience and not falling into the traps of comparanoia or shifting goalposts, I figure…
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