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23/02/2016

In Which My Dog Cleans His Teeth

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Complaints, Dogs, February 2016, Internet, My Chemical Romance (get a category), Paywall

blogging, Blogging101, dogs, Indifferent Ignorance, My Chemical Romance, spider bathroom invasion, toothbrushes, WordAds
11/12/2015

Shit I Have Learnt in 2015

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Books, Complaints, December 2015, DISCUSS., Dogs, Paywall

2015 roundup, Indifferent Ignorace, National Rail, the Orbit, why screenplays are in one font, YA novels
01/07/2015

Summer Buzzin’

This is one of those weeks where I’m glad I’m a freelancer. I go to work in short shorts, I have lunch in my garden and I start the day watching my dogs lollop around the field with the canine equivalent of beaming smiles before flopping down inside all day like sleepy cherubs. It’s also… Continue reading

COFFEE, Dogs, Government and Politics, Holidays, July 2015

doglets, Etsy, freelancing, Holidays, the euro, this weather, Zante
24/03/2015

Dogs and ’90s Hairstyles

I was going to start this with ‘happy Wednesday’… happy Tuesday. I’m going to make a coffee after this. Thank you to everyone for the love for the MCR post! I’ve been blasting May Death Never Stop You for three days and there’s a definite correlation between the amount I listen to good music and… Continue reading

Dogs, March 2015, Photogenius, TV

‘The Great Big Glorious Book for Girls’, Afghan hounds, dogs, Indifferent Ignorance, Jennifer Aniston’s hair, The Rachel

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When I began this blog in 2009, I was a teenager. That’s why you’ll find some posts have been hidden behind a paywall. I was an incredibly different, less eloquent person when I was a teen, so if you want to read the thoughts of that teenager, you can join the No. 1 Readers’ Club for access.

What will you find here now?

This blog continues to evolve with me. My favourite topics are books and reading, travel adventures, the extensive works of up and coming rock band My Chemical Romance and the occasional update about my life and work as an author and scriptwriter. I’m also interested in digital minimalism, how we can solve environmental issues and why it’s probably a better idea to make a cup of tea than it is to shout at people you disagree with.

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Dogs

In Which My Dog Cleans His Teeth

Shit I Have Learnt in 2015

Summer Buzzin’

Dogs and ’90s Hairstyles