Writing

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Table of contents

• Jump to 2018 (3)
• Jump to 2017 (2)
• Jump to 2016 (5)
• Jump to 2015 (2)
• Jump to 2014 (1)
• Jump to 2013 (10)
• Jump to 2012 (2)
• Jump to 2009 (1)

2018

• How Does Happiness Happen?

  07:00 · 29th Jul 2018

  In which I try to figure out and focus on what makes me happy.

• How Not to Be a Boy

  07:00 · 3rd Jun 2018

  In which I read, cry, laugh and review Robert Webb’s How Not to Be a Boy.

• The Diary of Two Decades

  07:00 · 20th May 2018

  In which he looks back at 20 years of writing as this journal of his turns 10-years-old.

2017

• Tales from the Archive, Part II

  12:00 · 4th Jun 2017

  In which I finish migrating all the remaining entries between 2010–2013 and cull most of them because they’re so terrible.

• That Story on Drury Lane

  20:00 · 21st May 2017

  In which I manage to put the final touches to A Rainy Night on Drury Lane and release it. For free!

2016

• That Thing That I Do That People Pay Me to Do

  17:00 · 7th May 2016

  In which I finally figure out a way of explaining my job to people who do not work with computers every day.

• Zodiacs and Their True Meaning

  09:00 · 10th Mar 2016

  In which we take a real close look at Zodiac signs, their meanings and most importantly, their true meaning.

• Ideas of March

  13:00 · 9th Mar 2016

  In which I try to publish more entries as part of my monthly challenges.

• The Happiness of Habits

  22:00 · 21st Jan 2016

  In which I don’t make any new year’s resolutions but endeavour to make some changes anyway, in the form of monthly challenges.

• Tales from the Archive

  21:00 · 3rd Jan 2016

  In which I finish migrating all the entries from 2009 and realise how shit most of them are.

2015

• Outstanding October, Issue 10/15

  16:00 · 1st Nov 2015

  In this month’s issue of Keeping Up With the Erikssons: I head down to Camber Sands for a weekend, Lucien and I catch up with all the Marvel film, I get a camera and become a published writer, the new Squiders.com website goes live and we celebrate Halloween.

• The Prospective, Looking Forward to 2015

  12:00 · 2nd Jan 2015

  In which I make a nice list of 15 things I look forward to this coming year.

2014

• Noteworthy November, Issue 11/14

  20:30 · 30th Nov 2014

  In this month’s issue of Keeping Up With the Erikssons: My mom flies in to stay with us and together we try eating pizza made from insects, I begin a year long beard journey, I vow to write a 50,000 word novel in a month by participating in National Novel Writing Month and we attend the WWII experience “Christmas on the Home Front” at Kent Life.

2013

• Santa Goes Medieval on Everyone’s Asses

  23:26 · 24th Dec 2013

  In which I tell a short story about Lego santa wrecking havoc in a village with a fire-breathing Lego dragon.

• A Rainy Night on Drury Lane, Part VII — A White Blanket of Forgiveness

  10:00 · 19th Nov 2013

  In which I finish the multi-part short hardboiled noir story about our very softboiled detective.

• A Rainy Night on Drury Lane, Part VI — Dem Dee-licious Golden Pancakes

  09:00 · 12th Oct 2013

  In which I give you the sixth instalment of the multi-part short story about an ineffectual detective with a lisp.

• The Great Reveal

  22:34 · 26th Sep 2013

  In which I keep one of the many promises and actually reveal the plans for my upcoming book.

• Instead of Being Sneaky And Shit

  21:43 · 18th Sep 2013

  In which I reveal the plans that I’ve made for my multi-part short story. Spoiler, I’m making it a book.

• A Rainy Night on Drury Lane, Part V — Nothing but Yellow Newspapers

  22:53 · 31st Aug 2013

  In which I give you the fifth instalment of the multi-part short story about an ineffectual detective with a lisp.

• A Rainy Night on Drury Lane, Part IV — Leering Pale Green Eyes

  15:44 · 6th Jul 2013

  In which I continue part four of the multi-part short story about an ineffectual detective with a lisp.

• A Rainy Night on Drury Lane, Part III — Underneath a Turquoise Sky

  22:57 · 25th May 2013

  In which I continue part three of the multi-part short story about an ineffectual detective with a lisp.

• The Celebratory Quinquennial Post!

  10:00 · 18th May 2013

  In which my journal turns five and I take a look back at the different entries I’ve written over the years.

• A Rainy Night on Drury Lane, Part II — The Brown Note

  18:23 · 25th Mar 2013

  In which I continue part two of the multi-part short story about an ineffectual detective with a lisp.

2012

• A Rainy Night on Drury Lane

  22:42 · 26th Nov 2012

  In which I start writing a multi-part short story about an ineffectual detective with a lisp.

• On a Very Special Carlos

  10:38 · 27th Oct 2012

  In which I’ve taken a break from smoking and realise how few entries I’ve written this year.

2009

• Things to do Whilst I’m Still Alive

  10:05 · 9th Aug 2009

  In which everyone has their bucket lists and I’m no exception.