“You make a better door than a window.” Standard sarcasm, growing up, at someone standing in front of something you want to see. It’s a phrase that pops back into my mind, directed at myself, every time I look up and realise I’m the one standing in my own way. Where I’m going, what I’m looking for – all obscured by a big, nagging, gnawing ball of self-doubt, insecurity and fear of failure and not being good enough. Over the years I’ve built up some ways to get past the self-doubt. Ways to not just find the window, but to…
Author: Malise Angie Hulme
Malise Angie Hulme
You’ll mostly find Malise hiding out in whichever fictional world she’s writing about or playing games in. She’ll usually be hopped up on caffeine and talking at twice the normal speed of most humans. When not tied to the computer, she’ll be walking, reading, probably not far from caffeine or alcohol, and often chatting to total strangers just because she can. At any given moment she’ll be working on at least one new book and/or short stories, producing fun things with 8 Sided Films, learning about the indie film industry that she somehow fell into entirely by accident, diving headfirst into any other fun projects she gets the chance to do and occasionally remembering to have a social life. Her reputation for never sleeping is quite well-deserved, but she needs to recharge her energy source every so often by only doing 2 things at once, instead of 5.