Writer’s Corner

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Follow Me On Medium

I now write on Medium. You’re welcome to pull up a chair and join me.

During the summer, my work typically slows down. In the summer of 2025, I ventured onto Medium, where essays are meant to be read in full and ideas are allowed space to unfold.

Frankly, I love it.

It’s a place that suits how I think and how I write, with space for reflection shaped by my lived experiences. Writing on Medium has felt like a different kind of discipline and a different kind of reward. My writing there meets readers directly, which has allowed conversations to emerge naturally.

So, on Medium, you’ll now find my personal essays, articles about the craft of writing itself, and the occasional wry humour. 

If you enjoy what you find here, I think you’ll enjoy my work there even more.

Stop by and say “hi.” I’d love to see you on the other side.

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What Does It Mean To “Kill Your Darlings,” (And When Should You Fight to Keep Them)?

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Picture the scene. You’ve taken the admiral step of writing a book. Now here you are, staring at ‘that’ passage, wondering for the umpteenth time, “Should it stay, or should it go?”

The prose sings. The research is impeccable. Yet someone — a trusted friend, colleague, beta reader, editor — has ‘suggested’ you delete it because apparently, they think “it has nothing to do with the main argument.”

Sound familiar?

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