This month I have been loving a lot of music, but mainly revisiting a lot of music that I used to love, so this months music monthly is going to be filled with old bands that I grew up listening to. Not forgetting some new stuff that I have been loving too. If you're enjoying these posts then be sure to also follow my spotify where I will be making monthly playlists that work alongside them and also feature a lot more music than I am able to mention in one post! 

Athlete who were one of the most fundamental bands in my childhood have made their comeback into my life and I couldn't be happier about me deciding to give them a listen again. They have such a chill vibe and are one of the few bands who manage to make me feel nostalgic about everything. Also, here's a hilarious article I found online about them by a superfan, it made mad laugh a lot.     

The Kooks are the kings of chill music, or at least in my opinion anyway. I have been loving listening to them recently, it reminds me of being thirteen and spending days on end in a park with my friendship group.

Let's talk about Coldplay and my love for them. Although I haven't been listening to them too much I got a tattoo dedicated to them this month and therefore they deserve a honourable mention at the very least.

I came across Jorja Smith in my YouTube recommendations and absolutely fell in love with how chill her music is. She is the kind of music that I would listen to with my friends while getting ready for a night out, or just something that gets me pumped enough to get myself out of bed in the morning. 

SZA is an artist that I have been loving for a few months now, her music sounds like something so new and original (her and Jorja Smith's music work perfectly alongside each other). Her lyrics are empowering and also tackle a wide range of issues that females face, she speaks about her fragility but also owns it to the point that she sounds like a complete badass. If you haven't listened to her yet, then go do it now! 

Thats it for this months post! I've also linked my playlist below so you can give it a listen, and have a look at a few of my other playlists too as there is nothing I love more than sharing the music I love with people. Until next month's music monthly, stay cool and be sure to drop me any music recommendations that you may have! 

When I was at Summer in the City this year I decided to spend a lot of my time at panels, instead of trying to find and meet my favourite creators I would sit and listen to them speak about things they were so immensely passionate about. My favourite panel to sit in on was the 'women that write' panel, I found it so fascinating how so many different people have their own ways of writing, editing and sharing their work with the world. I thought I would take the time to sit down and work out what exactly it is that I do when I write and how it helps me, and then share it with you all. It's kind of fun to share my creative process with you.

I used to be the worst for having a process, this is something that I have definitely worked on developing recently and I feel as though my work has improved vastly because of this. I picked up a heap of tips from other writers, played around and found what works for me - so please don't take my word as some holy grail. It's just what I do. Anyway, without further ado I will take you through what my laptop screen tends looks like while I'm writing. (Also this is for prose and poetry as this is currently what I write the most of, incase you didn't know)




I will start with a rough draft, some ideas and the basic idea of where each line ends and a general structure, as you can see on the far left of the screen shot that I've put in for reference above this. This is what I call my word vomit, the roughest draft where I am getting everything down, giving myself things to work with. I tend to keep the basic premise of my writing throughout all my steps, however I do also change full lines and scrap other ideas until I am fully happy.

Then, I go on to edit it a bit. I open another document because that way when I am re-writing I am forced to decide whether I actually like  what I have put into the first document. It really leads me to think and forces me to remove anything I am not fully happy with/edit it into something I am a bit happier with. This tends to see the prose getting shorter, with longer lines instead.

The third one is me playing with words, looking for the ones that I feel work best for the piece and also slightly changing the placement of each line (this is such an awkward sentence, I'm aware, but I'm not fully sure how to word it). I also begin to think a bit more about punctuation at this point, things like where the commas and full stops should go etc. It is worth noting that I do mainly only use commas and full stops in my prose, no other punctuation seems to be used but I like it that way, same goes for my lack of capital letters. I personally feel as though they give a lack of fluidity and so I avoid them.

Lastly, I go through and finalise things. This piece took four re-drafts while some may take ten and others may take two or three, it really depends on how I feel about the piece and what work it needs doing to it. I also tend to thesaurus at this point, to ensure that all my vocabulary is cohesive and also that I feel I have used the right words in the right place, I use an online one for this as I'm still waiting for the day someone loves me enough to buy me a fat ass thesaurus.

Then, I decide what I'm going to do with the work. Where I'm going to share it, if I'm going to share it, or whether it is going to stay as mine (or maybe even go towards a project).




(Credit to Keaton Henson for the title illustration)

Last month I visited Devon with my family, we spent two weeks exploring little towns and beaches. Here's a little accumulation of the photos that I took.