HeyJaredAndrew Cunning
Sub-500 words on films, music, books, writing from writer, Andrew Cunning
- Indexed issues, last 90 days
- 6
- Latest publication
- Sep 23, 2026
- Audience
- Checking…
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 4, 2026
Latest issues
Implication (opens the original)
Read excerpt
I am facilitating a creative writing course this term and really enjoying it. On Week 2 we looked at the idea of ‘implication’ in fiction - that is, the skill of suggestion rather than lecturing. It is a basic lesson all writers have to learn: show, don’t tell. Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.<input class="b
I Believe in Fiction (And You Should Too) (opens the original)
Read excerpt
I want to loudly proclaim my faith in things that do not provably exist. And at one level, this is not a terribly important or novel announcement. Indeed, I could merely have said ‘I am a human’ and left it at that. This belief in fictions being one of the few things that separate people, presumably, from the woodpeckers and mackerel among us. However, one of the curious things about our species is that while we devote ourselves to the intangible and the indeterminately existent, we also tell ou
Ten thoughts about writing a novel (opens the original)
Read excerpt
The problems encountered in writing a novel are the writing of the novel. There is no way to write the book without these problems. There is no picnic without flies. Flies are part of a picnic.Thinking writing is only working when it is easy is like thinking a hike to the top of a mountain is only really going somwhere when the gradient is flat. Just like a piece of music, a novel has a key centre. Each symbol, image, metaphor is successful to the extent it gels with / purposely complicates the
On Writing Two Books (opens the original)
Read excerpt
One of the most mysterious problems in philosophy is explaining the uncanny and undeniable coherence of a person across decades. I sometimes look at photos of myself from ten years ago and think I am looking at someone completely different. After all, it takes only about seven years for every atom in a human body to be totally replaced. In a very real sense, my present self is looking at a different person - a wholly rebuilt Ship of Theseus. One that moves a little slower in the water, of course
Launching a debut novel in Ireland (opens the original)
Read excerpt
I’ve read a lot of debut author’s experiences of launching their novel into the world. A common feature of these accounts is that once publication day passes, the positivity hangover truly sets in, compounded by a very loud, depressing silence from the book world and a newfound addiction to refreshing Instagram to see if anyone (anyone!) has posted about the novel.Now, I empathise with this. The devil has indeed made narcissistic work for my idle hands (I am so glad to be going back to teaching
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Audience
No verified audience measurement yet.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.