Author: Arch Copy

• May 23, 2016

  Derma Update

  Well, I managed to avoid the backslide I was worried about. I’m right back on top of it and I feel good about it. I’ve even made a step towards cutting down on my face attacking. I figured I could replace my harmful habits with something nourishing (it’s pretty standard advice for any kind of…
• May 10, 2016

  A Slip

  Been worrying about some things and it’s made me have a bit of a derma backslide. Nails are bitten to fuck too. It makes me angry at myself and it also makes me angry at the situation that’s caused it. But hey – I am in control of what happens to me. If I am unhappy,…
• May 6, 2016

  Short Stories

  I hated short stories. I found them unfulfilling. I was stupid and blind. Then I did Highbrow’s short story course. They sent me one a day – The Furnished Room by O. Henry, Eveline by James Joyce – and I realised I’d just been reading the wrong short stories. I suddenly saw how incredible they…
• May 3, 2016

  Welcome to Copywriting: The Results

  “We should do a talk.” And we all nodded like mascots on the dash of a speeding bin lorry. I can’t remember if we were drunk but we agreed to the idea blindly and happily, considering it a wonderful plan to be worried about in the distant future. Only Kady was intending to leave the country…
• April 27, 2016

  The Case Against Reality

  Hoffman: We’ve been shaped to have perceptions that keep us alive, so we have to take them seriously. If I see something that I think of as a snake, I don’t pick it up. If I see a train, I don’t step in front of it. I’ve evolved these symbols to keep me alive, so…