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A newsletter for people who love words and hate bullsh*t. I'm documenting the messy, magical, and sometimes mortifying journey from aspiring writer to actual author with essays, stories, and my takes on the creative life.
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Loved watching The Odyssey? Here's what to read next. (opens the original)
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As a literature nerd I was beyond excited to watch Christopher Nolan’s three-hour adaptation of The Odyssey. And as with any adaptation, people all over the internet have strong opinions ranging from ‘omg I need to watch it again immediately’ to ‘I hate this, burn it like they did Troy'.<a class="image-link image2" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7eOk!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff129eda3-9d10-45f5-b
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I’m something of an eternal student. I don’t know if it’s my love for large quantities of stationery or a natural curiosity for certain things, but I’ve always been hungry to learn about or learn to do new things.Here’s an example. When I was in year 6, I was at the absolute height of my Ancient Egypt obsession. I even taught myself hieroglyphics. No, I was not a popular kid.Anyway, between documentaries, I’d trawl the depths of Encarta Encyclopedia 2000 for any morsel of information I could fin
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