The Secret of St Kilda is one of my favourite horror podcasts and one of my favourite jobs! I play the Narrator and it’s always a pleasure to spend some time with the incredibly talented Kilda folks. Earlier this week, two-fisted editor and all-around badass Mick got in contact and asked me to record some …
Something a little different today. My original plan was to use an extra Story Engine draw for #horror23 and these are the cards I got. I took these and wrapped them around the Corn Exchange in Leeds, which is an irrationally beautiful building I worked in for a while. A friend once described it as …
I got to do something really fun earlier today; a double notebook swap! At the start of the week too! It’s always a nice feeling, setting up the books for the next six weeks or so and I thought I’d walk you through it. On the left! My Travellers Notebook. Marguerite and I got our …
This essay was originally published in the 16th December 2023 issue of The Full Lid Months ago, I wrote two lines that would start and end an essay. The first was this: Help isn’t coming. The original piece was born of the frustration Jenga required of working in a creative field in 2022. Pushing against …
I’ve been having great fun with Facility23 as a daily writing challenge and as we start to head to the end of the first month, now’s a good time to give you an idea of the setting. I’m writing it for After the War, the game my buddy Jason Pitre and co-created because it’s a …
We’re at the top of week three of Facility23 and it’s going really well. Working with The Story Engine cards is massive fun and the setting is coming together really well. It’s so much fun in fact, I did one draw too many last week. Instead of ignoring it, I decided to do something different. …
The Full Lid is the multiple award-nominated pop culture newsletter I write and Marguerite edits. This is our seventh (?!) year of existence and it’s one of my favourite projects. 5pm Friday, subscribers get a free dose of pop culture positivity in their inbox. We’re back this Friday, and here are some of the best …
It’s Monday, let’s talk stationary. First off isn’t the logo cool?! Lone Archivist put together a pack of logos for #Dungeon23 and #Facility23. Go check them out. Last time I talked about the #Facility23 challenge and what I’m getting from it. This time, I’m going to talk about what I’m using to capture the information …
I built a monastery the other day. Perched on the mile-wide weld ridge between two asteroids, St. Padddd’s is home to an Ursan (Think Fozzy Bear meets Chewbacca) monastic order who’ve dedicated their lives to helping others. St. Padddd’s is part of the Temenos Ark, an emergency evacuation vessel the size of a small moon …
Every new year I play this game with myself where I try for a clean page. Finish every book, game, show, podcast, movie and audio drama and reset the clock. It’s a fun game, even if I haven’t won yet. I keep track of it all on Pinterest, which is like if the Borg did …