Writing Process: The Drawer
I don’t know where the idea for “the drawer” first came from. I imagine it was in some way based on a collection of tidbits …
Category: General Musings
Faefyx’s rambling thoughts on a range of topics.
Popular Fiction: What Does That Even Mean?
As a term, “popular fiction” has always bothered me. Or, perhaps it’s fairer to say that the term “literature” has always bothered me. Or, perhaps the issue at heart is that these terms are set up to suggest that the two things are in any way different.
2020: Guilt & Progress
I’ve felt kind of guilty about my 2020. On a global and national level it’s been so terrible. And it’s certainly been stressful and terrible …
A Brit in America #7 – The Fourth
Faefyx weighs in with a perspective on living as a Brit in America on the Fourth of July, particularly in times when national injustice has become so visible.
A Brit in America #6 – Let Them Eat Cake
The duplicity of the American use of language knows no ends. I’ve ranted on here before about Guinness and tomatoes, and this is certainly in the same vein. However, given not only the magnitude of the disappointment perpetrated by this particular issue, but also the repeated occurrences in which I forget that it is a thing and make the same mistake again, I feel that it requires its own post.
Short Thoughts #2 – Strange Garnish
A few weeks ago I got into a disagreement with my partner. I had been thinking about the fact that in the Mid-West it is commonplace to place a slice of cheese on an apple pie. I wanted to take this to its logical conclusion.
Short Thoughts #1 – Youtube Ads
Today I’m going to complain about YouTube Advertisements. Not that they exist (I’m sure plenty of people have already tackled that subject), I understand that …
New Site & Ventures
Faefyx announces their new site, the podcast they started in November 2019 with Charlyn, and their new “short thoughts” blog series.
A Brit in America #4 – Bugs!
I don’t like bugs. This is somewhat of a new development. Perhaps it would be more true to say that I don’t like bugs in America.
Podcasts. You Should Listen to Them.
The prevalence of podcasts must seem very strange to the generation that watched interest in radio steadily decline. However, in a lot of ways I …