…I peeked a look over Ms C’s shoulder at the letters Angus, Issy, and Scott wrote to Keira. They said I liked chicken – well, I hope Keira listens as well as she writes and gets me some chicken! By Mr Alien.

…Waxing lyrical about the long, curly path of life caused Alanna to choke on a long and curly hair embedded in her passionfruit pisco sour – the “special” of the day.

…”I just stalked you on twitter. Cant believe you only have 2 followers.” I’m finding it difficult to reconcile whether I should be amused or embarrassed by this fact pointed out by my friend, Andy.

…unfortunately, my media tutor was not talking about taking a bayonet to my loved one [the open-endedness of that phrase is what appealed to me most]. He was talking about cutting of a different kind: being rid of those verbose elements of your writing to cut to the chase.

…this is what I learned about editing: writers possess little ability and interest in doing so.

…Changing a character’s manner of speech so it is grammatically and culturally understood can never hurt [unlike my disparaging and insensitive generalisations of every nationality except my own].

…I am doing a handstand, throwing a knife, and reading court transcripts.

…I realised I can’t shake the writer out of me – I applied a literary creative approach to the musical creative process.

…A typical night in everything but the cuisine.

…The opportunity to extend my freelancing into a permanent role as a financial and legal news reporter really appealed to me and I decided to give it another chance.