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Showing posts with label everyday life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label everyday life. Show all posts
Sunday, 8 March 2026

Nerd Church - The Writer Diaries: On Updating Old Blogposts, and The Beauty of Blogging

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Warning: Brief refs to Depression and trauma I've been going through a lot of my old blogposts lately. It's both an atte...
Sunday, 25 January 2026

Nerd Church - The Writer Diaries: The Writerly Urge To Face-Plant the Laptop

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  It's not that easy, being a writer. Sometimes, you just want to face-plant your goddamn laptop. I've had a frustrating couple of w...
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Friday, 31 October 2025

The 11 Year Blog Anniversary Post!

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Warning: brief references to grief/loss and mental health problems Yes! Dora Reads is now eleven years old. ...Somehow I...
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Sunday, 5 October 2025

Nerd Church - Shout Out To Those With Mental Health Problems In This Clusterf**k Timeline!

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  Sh**'s messed up. ...Like, it's been messed up for a while, I know. But our current level of 'historical' ...
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Sunday, 3 August 2025

Nerd Church - Fighting the Pointlessness

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  Warning: brief   reference to feeling suicidal, discussions of pointlessness , grief, mental health, existentential dread, and all the t...
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Sunday, 6 July 2025

Nerd Church - The Fractured Web: Our Socials are Scattering

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Warning: this post refers to the bad things that happen on the internet; wide variety of topics, be careful! The internet is fragmenting...
Sunday, 4 May 2025

Nerd Church - The Writer Diaries: My Brain Is Unpredictable, Right Now

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  [Warning: this post discusses mental health problems and grief] Look, I've been through some stuff lately, and it's definitely af...
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Wednesday, 9 April 2025

Schedule/Blogging Update

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  [Content Warning: brief references to death, cancer, grief, and mental health issues.] For those who don't know, my mother passed away...
Friday, 21 February 2025

Another Life/Blogging Update

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(CW: death) Hi everyone — My mother passed away last week. Thanks to everyone who’s been so supportive the last few months, it really means ...
Thursday, 30 January 2025

Life/Blogging Update (...Again)

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  Cards on the table time: I have no idea when I'll be able to get back to my regular blog series. I'm hoping to put out the odd pos...
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Tuesday, 7 January 2025

Life/Blogging Update + Updated Blogging Schedule

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  OK, so... life continues to be tough AF for yours truly. So while I fully intended to bring my regular series (Comics Wrap-Up, Friday Fi...
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Sunday, 17 November 2024

Nerd Church - To-Do List Struggles

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  My to-do isn't that long - at first glance. But that's mostly because I only write down a few things that I need ...
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Thursday, 31 October 2024

The 10 Year Blog Anniversary Post!

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  YES! It has been a full ten years since the start of Dora Reads - which back then was known as Diary of A Reading Addict, later shortened ...
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Sunday, 27 October 2024

Nerd Church - Blogging Schedule Update (...It's Been A Stressful Week)

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  I don't usually write Nerd Church posts like this, but since Nerd Church isn't really tightly defined (...or def...
Wednesday, 23 October 2024

Life/Blogging Update

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  Hey everyone! My life is once again chaos, so there won't be any Comics Wrap-Up tomorrow (Thursday 24th Oct), or Friday Fics Fix on Fr...
Sunday, 6 October 2024

Nerd Church - I’d Love To Have A Cat’s Self-Confidence

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  Originally published on Medium This started with a prompt, and then meandered far, far, away from the original idea… 😅 Prompt se...
Sunday, 29 September 2024

Nerd Church - The Writer Diaries: You Don't Have To Publish Everything

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  Warning: brief discussions of Anxiety/mental health issues This is a reminder to any of you fellow writers/bloggers/whoever-s out ...
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Sunday, 22 September 2024

Nerd Church - Prioritise Small Steps

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  ...brought to you by me, once again, giving myself a pep-talk and posting it on the internet 😅💪 Listen, the world is rough and to...
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Wednesday, 18 September 2024

Month In Review(s) - August 2024

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  August reached my bar for a good month  - which is admittedly so low it's practically touching the floor, but I'ma take...
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Sunday, 15 September 2024

Nerd Church - Celebrity Birthday Buddies!

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  It's my birthday today (15th Sep) so I figured I'd have a little fun. (...of the nerdy sort, because that's on-brand, le...
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