By Zee, Two Marshmallows I am so grateful for the commentary function on DVD’s. Even though they don’t know it, the writers of the early episodes of The Simpsons have supported me, given me practical advice and boosted my confidence… Continue reading
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By Zee, Two Marshmallows Hey there! How’s the writing going? Not so great? Yeah, that can happen. All those words going round and round in your head, and just as you try to write them down, they vanish! What’s all… Continue reading
By Zee, Two Marshmallows One of my favourite lines from Principal Skinner (a character on The Simpsons) is when he asks Mr Burns (local millionaire) the following question about business: “Which do you think is more important, hard work or… Continue reading
Hi everyone! Time for another newsletter. I’d planned to write about something else, but this came out instead. I’m putting together a writing course for people who want to write but find it difficult to get started. More details to… Continue reading
What a month! It’s been a while since my last post and that’s partly because I’ve been working on a personal project I hope to share soon. In the meantime, here’s this week’s newsletter. Happy writing! The Weight of Expectation… Continue reading
I wasn’t planning to write about this topic for the newsletter. It was going to contain some writing advice, as per usual. But this is what came out instead. In the past three weeks, I’ve been ill twice. Most of… Continue reading
Writing Lessons from The Simpsons (III) “People say, ‘How do you get your ideas for episodes?’ With Mike [Reiss] and me, we thought, ‘Lisa likes ponies. We’ll give her a pony’…It’s not that hard sometimes.” – Al Jean, DVD commentary… Continue reading
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey is one of the most engaging, illuminating and beautiful things I’ve ever seen on television, and I can’t recommend it enough. While listening to Neil deGrass Tyson’s delightful voice explain the universe to me, something he… Continue reading
If you’ve read my book, you’ll know that I take an intuitive painting class. Intuitive painting is about spontaneously painting what comes up from within you. The focus is on expressing yourself, not on form, technique or what your picture… Continue reading