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Breaking: middle-class man of 23 starts blog
Read more: Breaking: middle-class man of 23 starts blogWhat did you think I was going to do? It’s not like I know how to fit a toilet or fix a car. If you also like writing and have few prospects, here’s why a blog could be for you, too.
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Bildungsskoda: a journey
Read more: Bildungsskoda: a journeyThe long preamble to my lovely chat with Eddie Korflür on the Simple Joys Podcast.
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Grammar and friends (implausible, I know)
Read more: Grammar and friends (implausible, I know)The fuzz around Episode 3 of the Simple Joys Podcast, with the Great Cicely Hunt.
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A hiking companion
Read more: A hiking companionThe intro to Episode 2 of the Simple Joys Podcast, featuring adventurer extraordinaire Tom Allen.
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The First-Ever Simple Joys Podcast
Read more: The First-Ever Simple Joys PodcastThe introduction to the very first Simple Joys Podcast, written down in words.
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Review: Flaubert’s Parrot, Julian Barnes
Read more: Review: Flaubert’s Parrot, Julian BarnesTo mark the publication of literary legend Julian Barnes’ (alleged) final book, I thought it’d be apt to publish a review of his 1984 classic Flaubert’s Parrot.
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Nostalgia Pasta
Read more: Nostalgia PastaAnother Monday, another lovely message from a reader. Take it away, Michael… Image credit: Tom Dillon
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Get a notepad
Read more: Get a notepadAre you thinking about getting a notepad but don’t know how? Buy one from a shop. But there’s a few things you should know before you do.
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Delighted
Read more: DelightedI’m delighted to announce that my application for my graduate traineeship has been successful!
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Pointless
Read more: PointlessYesterday, I received a fabulous message from a devoted reader of this blog. I enjoyed it so much, in fact, that I thought it worthy of its own post. The floor is yours, Richard… Image via Instagram @xander.armstrong
Joe Wald
Writer, podcast producer, jazz musician, stand-up comedian and 11+ tutor
Welcome to my world
Where mediocre ideas get more airtime than they deserve
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Why am I doing this?
Generally, buying the domain name for your own name is a cry for help, an indicator of personal implosion and an act reserved for those truly lost in this world. In this case, however, it is not that. And I’ll say no more on the matter.
My name is Joe, and I’m a writer. I like doing it, and sometimes I’m paid to do it, but most often I give it away for free in the hope of being paid for it more frequently. If I were a satsuma salesman, this strategy probably wouldn’t work. You might enquire as to the price of my satsumas and, upon being told, you might decide that the price is too high, and you’d look elsewhere for satsumas or go without altogether. If you subsequently discovered that, when I fail to sell my satsumas, I just give them away for free, you’d never buy one again. Suddenly, I’ve devalued my satsumas so much that any price over £0.00 constitutes overpaying. It is a bad strategy. That is why satsuma salespeople never do it, and why I am not a satsuma salesman.
Happy reading!
Joe Wald
Writer