In amongst all the various changes in the recent iOS and MacOS updates is something you might easily overlook — profiles for the Safari web browser. I'm here to tell you that if you're a creative who uses Mac to produce output and engage on social media, you absolutely should start using this feature. It's exactly what you never knew you needed.
Category: For the Wanderers
Man Make Fire!
Making a fire in the outdoors is fraught with peril, and very easy to get wrong (in terms of safety and etiquette as much as failing at the fire part). But the sense of achievement one gets from gathering tinder and kindling, splitting deadwood, and sparking then nourishing a flame is almost as good as the warmth and cheer which ensues...
Tick Removal: To Twist or Not?
If you spend a lot of time in the outdoors it's only a matter of time before you will need to remove a tick. There is directly contradicting advice out there on the internet. In this post we're going to sort out which of it is actually right.
Sit Outside and Write?
Compared to typing on my MacBook — with all of those distractions immediately to hand — I was about 30% faster at hammering out unedited words on the Freewrite Traveler.
Woodland Writing: Proven
I've just hit my word count for the day drafting a scene while sitting on a tree stump in the woods. I found my word count was about 40% higher than it is when I draft at my desk.
The Road Goes Ever On and On…
I've always been writing in some form or other, mostly fiction when it was my choice. It was not until 2012 that I decided — somewhat as the result of a kind of dare — to put something out commercially. The result of that was the Armada Wars science fiction universe, the first series of which will be concluded later this year, all being well.