Posts by Steve Rydz
Some trees with no leaves and a fallen branch in the woods
Spent a couple of hours wandering around in the local nature reserve this morning doing some field recording
Writers, how do you organise your stories and different versions? Do you have a system? For me it's the wild west — a bunch of Google Docs in a "Stories" folder. Interested to hear what others do.
Last year I tracked down a DVD copy of Threads after hearing so much about it, but still haven't got around to watching it. Something I plan to put right this weekend.
It did make me worry for a second when I saw that post!
This article makes me feel a bit better about my ever growing TBR pile
The Antilibrary: The Hidden Value of Unread Books
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A field recorder pointing towards a lake in a nature reserve
How I spent the morning
As if you need more reasons to find EMR to be an appalling company www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting...
Tonights choice for drowning out the music of The Shadows from next door is Transilvanian Hunger by Darkthrone
I keep the EQ on my stereo flat for the same reason. The music was produced to be heard a certain way.
I couldn't agree with this more. The first thing I did when I got my most recent TV was to turn off all the "enhancements". Directors have a vision when producing media, so it's a shame to let manufacturers preferences interfere with what they intended.
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Finally got around to watching Frankenstein on Netflix. It's clear that no expense was spared on the production. There were a few differences from the book, but I felt it still captured the essence of the story.
After two months, here's another attempt at writing a 50 word story:
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I woke up feeling very unsettled from a dream about writing a story. I wish I could remember the story!
I highly recommend these publishers to fans of all things weird, uncanny and horror.
I've read a lot of books this year; novels, story collections, anthologies and so on, but what I've really enjoyed is finding publishers which have led me to new authors that I've been able to explore, such as @nightjarpress.bsky.social, @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social and @remainsmagazine.bsky.social
Embarrassingly, I hadn't read Frankenstein until recently. I found it to be far superior to Dracula. It didn't feel like I was reading a story written over 200 years ago. It's easy to see why it's a classic.
"Girlguiding believes strongly in inclusion, and we will continue to support young people and adults in marginalised groups."
Excluding marginalised groups from an organisation is not supporting marginalised groups.
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Today is international unsubsribe from mailing lists that I either hadn't realised I'd signed up for, or have previously unsubscribed from day
Learning how to use breathing techniques is invaluable when you're prone to anxiety attacks. You have to experiment to find the technique that works for you, but for me, box breathing is often the most effective.
I often find it hard to describe to people what having bipolar disorder is like. Here, Nick Helm does a great job of it.
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Three book covers, M.R. James Ghost Stories, Cunning Folk and the Unquiet Guests anthology
New additions to the TBR pile. Ghost Stories by M.R. James, Cunning Folk and the Unquiet Guests anthology