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AI Slop, You Say?
Ah yes, the classic YouTube critique - “AI slop.” Two words, typed with all the conviction of someone who thinks animators are still...

Rogues & Scoundrels
Sep 11, 20252 min read


10 Things a writer can do while wondering if their work is any good…
The chipped mug waits, defiant, like it knows it’s not built for this kind of pressure. The espresso machine coughs, hisses, sputters...

Rogues & Scoundrels
Aug 19, 20254 min read


The human hands behind the pixels.
It started, as all great production experiments do, with an empty wallet, a giant coffee, and one of us saying, “You know what would be...

Rogues & Scoundrels
Aug 14, 20253 min read


10 things a writer can do while waiting for the phone to ring…
It begins, as all great creative spirals do, with coffee. Specifically, the fourth cup. The third was fine. Reasonable. Still tethered to...

Rogues & Scoundrels
Aug 8, 20254 min read


Building our mythos: in 4 (not so easy) steps.
We begin, as all reasonable creative revelations do - with a half-drunk coffee, an open browser tab labelled “REAL MEN IN BLACK...

Rogues & Scoundrels
Jul 31, 20254 min read


I Left the Window Open for Courage Instead
I saw him again this morning. Fear. Lurking behind the bottlebrush as I closed the blinds. Not today, pal. Your lease is up. Because...

Rogues & Scoundrels
Jul 24, 20253 min read


Trial by Pitch Deck
At some point in the dead of night, somewhere between exporting the fourth version of your mood board and repeatedly googling “What is...

Rogues & Scoundrels
Jul 18, 20253 min read


Back Off the Em Dash, Babe
They say you shouldn't mix your stimulants, but here we are - wine in one hand, coffee in the other and a brain pinging like a pinball...

Rogues & Scoundrels
Jul 11, 20254 min read


A Shout Out to the Women Who Raised Me
I raise my glass. Yes - a glass, not a mug. We’re musing with a liquid of a different hue tonight. Not the usual caffeine-fuelled chaos....

Rogues & Scoundrels
Jul 4, 20253 min read


Static, Silence and the Space Between
Step into the writers' room - where coffee is courage, drafts are dangerous, and we let the characters hijack our sleep. We’re still...

Rogues & Scoundrels
Jun 27, 20252 min read


I’m Sorry, Were You Speaking or Was That My Protagonist?
The invitation said casual . I brought wine, charm, and a character suffering from abandonment issues. I didn’t mean to. But there I was,...

Rogues & Scoundrels
Jun 19, 20254 min read


A Little Us Time (Sort Of)
We usually start with coffee. But tonight, the mugs are heavier. There's a nip in the air, and someone (with suspiciously Irish ancestry)...

Rogues & Scoundrels
Jun 12, 20253 min read


We’re Not in Kansas Anymore - or shit gets real.
The screen hums, a low comforting drone - my new late-night lullaby. And somewhere between the third rewrite and the cold dregs of...

Rogues & Scoundrels
Jun 6, 20252 min read


An Ode to Procrastination
Or - When I Return, I’ll Be Ready Three coffee cups tonight. One on the desk. One on the floor. One on the windowsill. All warm. All...

Rogues & Scoundrels
May 29, 20252 min read


Burnout, White Rabbits, and the Fear of Falling Forever
The cursor blinks. The early hour groans. There’s no milk for the coffee - again. Forgotten. Like sleep. Like stillness. Like rest. And...

Rogues & Scoundrels
May 22, 20253 min read


Three Coffees, Two Stories, No Sleep
Three coffee cups tonight. All warm. All half-drunk. One on the desk, one on the windowsill, one beside the bed. I don’t know which is...

Rogues & Scoundrels
May 15, 20253 min read


Curiouser and Curiouser: Lost in the Library
The coffee’s still warm. I blink once, twice. Refocus… The label reads Drink Me . I eye it suspiciously, because we both know where this...

Rogues & Scoundrels
May 8, 20253 min read


Can You Cheat on a Story? Asking for a Friend.
The cursor winks. The night leans in. The coffee’s gone cold, the hour gone shameless - and still, you sit there, faithful. Loyal. True....

Rogues & Scoundrels
May 1, 20252 min read


Finishing the Hat
The coffee is fresh. Hot. The hour? Unforgivable. Too late for clarity. Too early to give in. Still, I sit. Still, I type. Because maybe...

Rogues & Scoundrels
Apr 24, 20254 min read


Back It Up, You Beautiful Wanka
Relume: The Weaver Part 1 The first coffee was too weak. The second, too strong. The third? It never made it. It was launched - full...

Rogues & Scoundrels
Apr 17, 20255 min read
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