Short, informal essays written as blog content. For longer, more structured pieces, please see my Portfolio.

Personal / Cultural:

Everything Happens…. (interrogating the idea that “everything happens for a reason”)

What Are We Saying When We Talk About Sex, Religion and Politics

On Depression and the Value of Contentment

Please Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood: On Writers and Intent

The Read Like a Writer Series: hybrid review / mini essays written for a series on reading like a writer, with particular attention paid to craft.

On Reading Like A Writer

The Night Watch by Sarah Waters – On reverse chronology as narrative structure.

On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan – On books that confront gently.

The Driver’s Seat by Muriel Spark – On manipulating the reader.

H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald – On narrative flow

The Redemption of Galen Pike by Carys Davies – On books that undermine assumptions.