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I recently had a catch-up over Skype with my writing partner about this thing we’ve been working on, and about which I’d recently sent over some ideas. Instead of showering me with praise, said partner (rightly) pointed out that one of my characters wasn’t working. Fine. We (smartly) ditched the cha

I am a bold pioneer! I have developed a condition that cannot be explained by western medicine and I’m going to tell you all about it so you can marvel at and pity me. Remember a couple of years back when I hurt my toe and couldn’t run for a while? That was pretty annoying but [...]

A lot of people will tell you moving house is one of the most stressful things you’ll ever do, and I’d be inclined to join in with that chorus. I’d especially recommend not doing it in December with a full time job and a run of evening and weekend gigs  performing acoustic covers to [...]

Sometimes I dream about being rich. I’m sure you won’t relate to that because, based on what I know about you, you dream of a simple life eating yoghurt in the mountains with nothing but the sound of the wind to distract you from your meditations. I’ll try to put it into context for you. I [...]

Men! Listen up because this is about to blow your freaking minds. You might want to grab a bandanna or tea towel and wrap it around our head, just to keep the pieces of your mind on the inside after they’ve been blown to bits. Because, get this – you don’t have to be what [...]

Stop it! Leave me alone! I haven’t got time for you right now. I have a job, you know, I can’t just drop everything and take on a new project. I’m barely keeping on top of the day to day things, and then I’ve got seventeen other side projects that are all equally important, so [...]

About a month ago, my band The Red Zoids released a record. I know it’s not strictly a record record – it’s not carved out of vinyl and it doesn’t go round and round – but, for the ease of communication, I’m referring to it as a record because it’s recorded [...]

On the first day of the new decade, I spent the evening wrapped in a blanket drinking lukewarm tea by candlelight. Fun though that sounds, it was a necessary step to stop the house burning down from a fire caused by an aging electricity meter that would overheat if asked to deliver more than the [..