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Typing In My Notebook

Reviews, personal essays, musings and more

 

Clare Dodd
March 31, 2013
Getting Excited

Laying the foundations

Clare Dodd
March 31, 2013
Getting Excited

I am very excited. This weekend I got to work on my foundations, and for once it wasn't cheap.

Tagged: 2013, Budgets, Exercise, inspiration, Jobs, Level Up, Money, new year, Running, smile

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Clare Dodd
March 24, 2013
Getting Excited, Writing

The psychosis of a writer

Clare Dodd
March 24, 2013
Getting Excited, Writing

In order to be a better writer, you have to be psychotic. That is, a person who needs multiple identities in order to give the impression of an erudite whole.

Tagged: authors, blogging, books, editing, inspiration, journalism, nonfiction, nora ephron, Process, Tips, words, writing

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Clare Dodd
March 12, 2013
Interesting things

To this day

Clare Dodd
March 12, 2013
Interesting things

I had no choice but to share this. It moved me in a way that I have not felt in a long time.

Tagged: Amination, Art, Bullying, inspiration, Poem, Poetry, Video, words

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Clare Dodd
March 6, 2013
Feminism, Popular Culture

What am I to think?

Clare Dodd
March 6, 2013
Feminism, Popular Culture

I had a little inner flutter of joy at the new Diet Coke advert, then I felt bad and now I'm confused.

Tagged: adverts, Diet Coke, Dilemma, equality, feminism, gender, popular culture, sexy

1 Comment
Clare Dodd
March 3, 2013
Cities, Getting Excited

Oh my March days

Clare Dodd
March 3, 2013
Cities, Getting Excited

An illustrated tale of two cities, a Flying Dog Galaxy, some red leather boots and a Flaming Zombie!

Tagged: 2013, beer, Bristol, Cardiff, Cities, cocktail, coffee, food, friends, gig, music, restaurant, shopping, travel

6 Comments
Clare Dodd
February 17, 2013
Getting Excited

Disruptive design: better than you think

Clare Dodd
February 17, 2013
Getting Excited

Disruptive design is much more exciting than you think and here's why...

Tagged: Cities, create, design, disruptive design, innovation, inspiration, microsoft, smile, social media, technology, writing

4 Comments
Clare Dodd
February 10, 2013
Books

Palahniuk and cheesecake

Clare Dodd
February 10, 2013
Books

Chuck Palahniuk, cheesecake and a sofa...does it get any better?

Tagged: authors, books, cheesecake, coffee, Palahniuk, realxing, resolutions, writing

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Clare Dodd
February 3, 2013
Books, Popular Culture

Book reaction: World War Z

Clare Dodd
February 3, 2013
Books, Popular Culture

Arresting. Emotionally wrenching. Gripping. Brilliant: my first venture outside the 2013 book bubble.

Tagged: 2013, authors, books, Max Brooks, new year, popular culture, Recommendation, resolutions, review, words, World War Z, writing, zombie

5 Comments
Clare Dodd
January 27, 2013
Cities

A dislocated city

Clare Dodd
January 27, 2013
Cities

An encounter with a city. A dislocation from a place.

Tagged: Cities, Columbus, downtown, foreign lands, inspiration, memoir, moving house, nora ephron, Ohio, travel, USA

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Clare Dodd
January 22, 2013
Coffee, Getting Excited

One in a million

Clare Dodd
January 22, 2013
Coffee, Getting Excited

One in a millon: a one off post for a little but lovely reason.

Tagged: coffee, Facebook, green mermaid, smile, social media, starbucks

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Clare Dodd
January 20, 2013
Interesting things, Popular Culture

Interesting things

Clare Dodd
January 20, 2013
Interesting things, Popular Culture

If something is fascinating, exciting or spark-inducing then it should be shared so that others may experience that same feeling.

Tagged: BBC, blogging, feminism, film, gig, inspiration, journalism, music, popular culture, sex, Tarantino, technology

1 Comment
Clare Dodd
January 13, 2013
Feminism, Popular Culture

Baffled

Clare Dodd
January 13, 2013
Feminism, Popular Culture

Baffled, but not lost for words.

Tagged: adverts, equality, feminism, gender, popular culture, rape, technology

5 Comments
Clare Dodd
January 6, 2013
Books, Getting Excited

Bursting the 2013 book bubble

Clare Dodd
January 6, 2013
Books, Getting Excited

Making a non-New Year's resolution to step boldly outside of my literary comfort zone.

Tagged: 2013, authors, books, inspiration, new year, nonfiction, resolutions, writing

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Clare Dodd
December 20, 2012
Getting Excited, Popular Culture

A belated farewell to Nora Ephron

Clare Dodd
December 20, 2012
Getting Excited, Popular Culture

A belated farewell to Nora Ephron, which describes the invaluable lessons her work offered to this writer-in-waiting.

Tagged: authors, books, humour, inspiration, nonfiction, nora ephron, words, writing

2 Comments
Clare Dodd
December 9, 2012
Coffee, Interesting things

Starbucks: saviour of the 99 percent

Clare Dodd
December 9, 2012
Coffee, Interesting things

Something's been missing from the conversation about Starbucks: sometimes the ever-present glow of the green mermaid is just what we all need.

Tagged: 99 percent, coffee, green mermaid, saviour, starbucks, tax

7 Comments
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