A collection of things I* have done, seen, liked or cared strongly enough about to put online.
If you want to read my creative writing head to somethingididntdo.com.
You can tweet at me, or read my website about super fun games and why some rock more than others, or maybe this one about making two words one.
I like to get paid for writing, and photos too. If you like what you read, drop me an note to: joshuef [at] gmail [dot] com
* The Josh Wilson of Scotland, not the NFL guy, the baseball player nor that folksy singer chap.
Posts tagged: writing
i want to live there
Poetry,
I never liked it.
The point was always
missing.I wrote some,
for a joke.
But it was fun.
So i did it again.And it was still fun.
I didn’t realise,
until i did this:
Poetry doesn’t have to be boring
and lame;
it’s a game.Say as much as you want,
with as…
“Creativity is subtraction” Newspaper Blackout iPhone wallpaper
Why not? It’s Friday. And while I’m at it, the book is still only $10.
i started writing something new today.
i wrote the word
‘the’.and then
after that…
then,
then i erased it.‘the’ wasn’t good enough.
but then,
but now…
neither is nothing.so i start again:
‘the’
I made this: http://www.wherewordsgo.com ! It’s a list of competitions for writers and places to submit them. ORGANISED!!
you can search by deadline. tags. fees. all that sort of stuff.
You can even add your own competitions to the list to make it more useful to everyone!
woooo!! (aren’t I cool?).
I made this over the weekend. A list of upcoming literary competitions. I was keeping a list, and thought maybe I should share it?
The sound of the smashing glass was like a waterfall: all rushing and crashing; inevitable and not ashamed of being menacing about it.
She stood there looking down on this, the glass going everywhere, them pouring in… crawling in. Smashing everything they could and knocking over anything they…
Write a haiku from the point of view of the wind:
so what do I know
about words, about poems: life?
nothing: so blow me.okay, okay… think:
i rush past and fling it up
pink panties. awesome.and now i wonder
is punctuation normal
for haiku, or wind?woosh shoowsh, ooooh wooh oooh
that is what you expect, right?
you are a bigotjust cos i am air
you think i dont know a thing
you are so wrong thoughit’s easy writing
with hands and pens and paper too
i’m not jealous, just…my life is complex
ups and downs and back and forth
nothing but pressure
some people say my writing is too sex focused.
fuck that.
Dear unlike.net,
Can I have a job please? I’m a fun person who loves writing and I have a whole wodge of relevant travel, publishing, web experience. It would probably be amazing!
My name is Josh, I’m a native Scot (over here after a good six years in Edinburgh). I’ve been writing for going on five years, starting with TheSkinny.co.uk, a print and listings mag which I helped get off the ground (I edited the games section; commissioned content, hounded PRs, met horrific deadlines, pushed the print magazine around town in a trolley at the start of it all).
I started my own mag (www.square-go.com), it was originally print too, but that aspect died somewhat. Now it’s just an awesome videogames site.
I love travel writing (did some with The Skinny / have been debating doing more work off of my own back), and writing in general (my creative writing blog lives here: www.somethingididntdo.com; it get’s a bit weird sometimes, though. ‘Kay?).
I’m currently freelancing but would like something more solid.
Maybe it’s with you?
I’ve read the site (even before actually seeing the job ad), I like your steese and it would be grand to work with you (I think the website has a nice feel, so if working with you is like the website then: COOL) if you are happy enough having someone who writes a cover letter like this. (I hope you are).
I’m not sure if it will help me get the job, but if you employ me I’m going to buy a new SLR, with that I can take picture while travelling (which I love, did I mention that? I should have… I’m going to Jordan this weekend!). Maybe those pictures can be used for unlike (maybe they will be shite… who knows?)
Anyway, for some reason I thought that make make me more employable.
I hope it did,
Kind regards,
Josh
