Dedicated writing machine
I buy a ten-year-old ThinkPad and turn it into a dedicated, distraction-free writing machine
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I buy a ten-year-old ThinkPad and turn it into a dedicated, distraction-free writing machine
Faced with the need to scale my website beyond a few fancy landing pages, I make the seemingly odd choice of remaking it with MkDocs.
Swords are common as clay in fantasy, but how much does fantasy reflect the reality of the Medieval societies on which most settings are based?
I explore ways to create a distraction-free writing environment
I work through the concept of building an author's website, from content and design to the tech stack.
I migrate to a new host, leaving DigitalOcean after more than 10 years as a customer
After 9 years on Twitter, it's time I left the platform.
In preparing my manuscript for a week of revision, I ask some hard questions about my choice of setting, and the future of my work.
In which I outline some rules, create two characters, generate a backstory, and set the opening scene.
Frustrated by a lack of creative writing time, I hope to indulge in a little solo RPG play in a new sandbox setting based in the same world as the Codex of Destiny.
I spend a little time wrangling an official Ghost theme into something more useful to book authors.
When the simple matter of adding a reading list to my website proves less than straightforward, I develop a solution using VueJS and data exported from Goodreads.