Archive - The Creative Way (with Annie Ridout)

I lost 31 paid subscribers ($2130) in December

At first, I was upset. But now, I'm pleased this happened. Here's why...

Jan 3 •

On the one hand, I’m an over-sharer.

Oct 23, 2024 •

Maybe we don't need the bigger life

Maybe some of us - most of us; all of us? - need a smaller life. Less. Less pressure, less debt, less expectation. Also: notes on friendship, ghosting…

Nov 7, 2024 •

I didn't mean what I said.

And I feel quite embarrassed about both the reasons for saying it. One of which I possibly shouldn't share but I'm going to anyway. Now, I want to tell…

Mar 14, 2024 •

This is my new beginning

I went to Cheltenham to hear my favourite poet speak. Everyone said I should meet her, so I did. That was a low point. But everything else was…

Oct 13, 2024 •

I'm moving home.

In some ways, it's what I've wanted for a while. But I've been pushed into it sooner than I'd have liked for what feels like a difficult reason...

Dec 5, 2023 •

Sorry, who am I, again?

This question has prompted me to re-think my Substack, buy a new book (two, actually) and start a weekly discussion group. I hope you'll join me.

Oct 1, 2024 •

It’s time for a new relationship.

This is the era of courting myself.

Nov 20, 2024 •

Am I home, now?

I'm back in London, in the area where I was born and raised, so does that mean that now I'm 'home'? Also, a big week in motherhood.

Sep 27, 2024 •

I can’t be bothered to write a novel

I set myself a challenge: 2500 words a night, once the kids were in bed, to finish my novel by September. But after a week, I gave up. Here’s why…

Aug 30, 2024 •

Five ways I'm taking back the power

I've been making some power moves and it feels like the fire inside me has returned. Here's why I'm now un-agented, shifting my work focus and how I'm…

Oct 30, 2024 •

I'm moving onto a narrowboat

Ok, not quite. But it's a flat in the shape of a narrowboat, with a similar square-footage, so I'm getting inspiration from #narrowboatliving on…

Jul 15, 2024 •

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