CD Warhurst - Part 2

Finding Character Names

February 23, 2020February 23, 2020writingcharacters, ideas, names, writing

It seems a lot of writers have trouble coming up with names for their characters. Thankfully, I’ve never had any trouble doing that—it’s the story itself that gives me sleepless nights. Telling you that names

Using Synonyms And Rhymes In Lyrics and Poems

February 15, 2020February 15, 2020writinglyrics, poetry, writing

Many people find writing poems and lyrics difficult. So here’s my tip—keyword brainstorming.Say you wanted to write a song about being dumped via a text message. Identify the keywords—in this case “text” and “dumped”. Then

A Forest

January 17, 2020January 17, 2020poetryforests, poems, trees

A forest is a factoryrecycling polluted airproducing tons of oxygenwhether or not we care A forest is a networka web beneath our feetsharing informationkeeping it discrete A forest is a harvestfuel, paper, woodclean and sustainableto

Planet Baggers on SALE!!

January 5, 2020January 5, 2020eBookebook, free, sale

The Planet Baggers, is now FREE on Kindle Store for a few days. Grab it while you can. If you are a fan of Douglas Adams or liked Red Dwarf then it could be right

I Love Walking At Dusk

January 3, 2020January 3, 2020thoughtsdusk, walking

I love going for walks at dusk. A time when Day has lost interest and Night is still getting ready, going over her lines. Your eyes begin to play tricks and you see otherworldly shapes

A Secret To Start A New Year

January 2, 2020January 2, 2020thoughtsmotivation, self help

I’d like to share a little secret with you. Except it’s not really a secret, it’s something you’ll have heard many times. It’s just a seemingly glib little 5-word phrase: “Everything happens for a reason”.

London

December 6, 2019December 6, 2019thoughtsLondon

Many people say what a great city London is. But it isn’t, and that makes my heart break because it could and should be. Those that live there seem to be desensitised to the harsh

Big Climate Fightback

November 30, 2019November 30, 2019misc, thoughtsclimatechange, everytreecounts

Today is the day of the Big Climate Fightback, an initiative by the Woodland Trust to encourage as many people as possible around the UK to plant a tree to help fight climate change. A

EōN by Jean-Michel Jarre

November 8, 2019November 8, 2019apps, music, techApps, iOS, Jean-Michel Jarre, music

I’ve said before that a computer can never write a song because it has never experienced human emotions such as love and loss. But—and it’s a big but—that’s not to say a computer couldn’t generate

Bear With Me

October 30, 2019October 30, 2019Software, writingBear, Ulysses, writing

My search for the holy grail of text editors, the one app to rule them all, seems to be never-ending. The trouble is that I may be expecting too much from one piece of software—I