Storytime with Rachel F Hundred

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  • Deconstruction: Spider-Man Brand New Day

    Rising to the challenge. The fourth Spider-Man film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe has officially become the film with the highest grossing opening weekend of all time, surpassing Avengers: Endgame (2019) and going on to break more box office records across its run. The success of the film is remarkable…

  • Writer’s Log: Serenity

    Finding peace in chaos. Last weekend I realised that for the first time in a very long time I felt a sense of peace. Not that my life is perfect but just that I feel like I am consciously back in the driving seat instead of being ruled by the…

  • Writer’s Log: Taking Shape

    When it all starts to come back together. I feel a bit like a Terminator who has been melted down (almost literally in the past heatwave) and I’m beginning to reform; small puddles of metal slowly magnetically attracting each other and coming back together. This last week was a challenge.…

  • Writer’s Log: Sunnier Days

    Celebrating small wins. Things are still tough but they are moving in the right direction. Physically I am feeling the strongest I’ve felt since the beginning of February. I’m still not completely back to ‘normal’ – for a value of normal when you have chronic illnesses – but I am…

  • Writer’s Log: When Plans Melt…

    Like ice cream on a sunny day. The UK has had a heatwave this past week. It has been hellish. Hot. Sticky. Humid. Fans at full blast. Everyone being sleep deprived enough that you can hear the thread of sharp tension in voices. Pets trying to find the most shady…

  • Writer’s Log: Health First

    Because you can’t write without it. Health has to come first. It is the fundamental truth of adulting and life which nobody really tells you out loud until you’re already sick and flailing. Well. Nobody explicitly told me, which I think is a pretty common feature for Gen X. ‘Work’…

  • Writer’s Log: Keep on climbing that hill

    Even when you keep sliding down it. It has been a while since my last writer’s log in mid-March. Two and a half months later, here I am surfacing after what feels like two and a half months of simultaneously treading water and feeling like I’m drowning. Last time, I…

  • Writer’s Log: Chronic means chronic

    Living with a chronic illness means it never goes away. I have struggled over the past three weeks. I’m still struggling. When last I blogged, I was celebrating finding time to write, carving out space even if it was a small amount almost every day to keep writing. I’d succeeded…

  • Writer’s Log: Finding the ‘write’ time

    Or, in other words, actively finding time to write. My focus at the beginning of the year has been on ensuring that I carve out time to write, fully making it a priority in amongst everything else that I juggle and the continuing illnesses which plague me (the flu making…

  • Writer’s Log: Back in the Game

    Finding my writing groove again. I am celebrating being on track with my writing. For once. It hasn’t been easy, but I’ve been militant about making sure I have time for writing. There are three reasons why I feel I’ve been successful in that over the past couple of weeks.…