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Writing "mean" stuff Oct 08, 2026

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I write things for my books that I consider pointing the finger out, then turn the finger back at myself. It's a relief to be hypocritical.

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Selling kills my writing Oct 01, 2026

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I was a literary poet, then moved to instapoet. And still trying to find that place where I can write a book that works both off and on a social media platform. I could choose to write any old stuff and no one reads it - or find the balance of readable and literary obfuscation.

Listen to the first 7 minutes of my book "You're Going To Be OK (Because You're F'd No Matter What)" audiobook, read by me:

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Good things are happening when things are going bad Sep 24, 2026

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Nearly everytime some good has been invisibly growing away in the background, it just travels slowly and invisibly.

Listen to the first 7 minutes of my book "You're Going To Be OK (Because You're F'd No Matter What)" audiobook, read by me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEb5SUrY7Y4&t=44s

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Never giving up when you want to Sep 17, 2026

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Art life is mostly thankless and working in the dark. It can't be done any other way.

Listen to the first 7 minutes of my book "You're Going To Be OK (Because You're F'd No Matter What)" audiobook, read by me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEb5SUrY7Y4&t=44s

Get my book/audiobook, "You're Going To Be Ok" & "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)", (published by Andrews McMeel):

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A book that breaks free from social media and has its own life Sep 10, 2026

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I'm keen for a book that has its own life independent of social media. I'm not an 'influencer' but that's the tax one pays for being able to avoid the gatekeepers. So I'm also thankful. It's always a love-hate relationship.

Listen to the first 7 minutes of my book "You're Going To Be OK (Because You're F'd No Matter What)" audiobook, read by me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEb5SUrY7Y4&t=44s

Get my book/audiobook, "You're Going To Be Ok" & "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)", (published by Andrews McMeel):

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Poetry - the building block for novelists Aug 27, 2026

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They say poetry is the first thing you learn before moving towards writing in other genres. I never thought I would.

Listen to the first 7 minutes of my book "You're Going To Be OK (Because You're F'd No Matter What)" audiobook, read by me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEb5SUrY7Y4&t=44s

Get my book/audiobook, "You're Going To Be Ok" & "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)", (published by Andrews McMeel):

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Authors who no longer write from a personal emergency Aug 21, 2026

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Helen Garner said she struggled to write a follow up to her big book "The First Stone" as she needed to write from a personal emergency. I'm finding myself in the same place.

Listen to the first 7 minutes of my book "You're Going To Be OK (Because You're F'd No Matter What)" audiobook, read by me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEb5SUrY7Y4&t=44s

Get my book/audiobook, "You're Going To Be Ok" & "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)", (published by Andrews McMeel):

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I got sick of my own writing Aug 14, 2026

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Changing up style and voice is a bit of a struggle but I'm no stranger to it. You lose social media traction and you lose and audience but the heart can breath again.

Listen to the first 7 minutes of my book "You're Going To Be OK (Because You're F'd No Matter What)" audiobook, read by me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEb5SUrY7Y4&t=44s

Get my book/audiobook, "You're Going To Be Ok" & "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)", (published by Andrews McMeel):

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Why your work sounds like you even when you're trying not to Aug 06, 2026

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This episode: Keep on making stuff until it's the mess you've made outside of the focus of the work that is actually yours.

Listen to the first 7 minutes of my book "You're Going To Be OK (Because You're F'd No Matter What)" audiobook, read by me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEb5SUrY7Y4&t=44s

Get my book/audiobook, "You're Going To Be Ok" & "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)", (published by Andrews McMeel):

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My books and prints:

www.darbyhudson.com

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How I improved my writing Jul 30, 2026

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Something happens in your late 30s, you recognise all the patterns of crap. Then into my 40s I started challenging my worldview. And that's when my work got better.

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