October 2021: Spooky Streaky
Happy Halloween, folks! You may notice something slightly different about this month's newsletter - I've migrated over to Buttondown (for a couple of...
September 2021: Autumnal
Evening, folks! It's been an eventful month, but before I kick into my usual self-aggrandisement I want to talk about one of the best films I've ever seen,...
August 2021
Howdy, folks! Bit of a digression to start this month's newsletter off - bear with me… The Usual At the start of this month, I finally polished off the last...
July 2021: What is Time?
Howdy, folks! Somehow, 7 months have passed and we're staring at the back end of 2021 - I don't quite know how, but here we are, I guess! The Usual For once,...
June 2021: Refresh, Refresh, Refresh
Howdy, folks!Time has once again crept up on me, and I find myself writing this newsletter on the last day of the month. Still, there's something to be said...
Addendum: Brigantia Vol. 1
Morning, folks! I’ll keep this one brief since it’s an additional email that falls outside my usual once-per-month missives: I’ve finally settled on a launch...
May 2021: Sun's Out, Guns Out
Howdy, folks! It's finally starting to feel like summer, and I have plenty of reasons for optimism so this month's update will be a little chirpier than...
April 2021: A Towering Pile
Howdy, folks! The Usual My pile of "life admin" feels like it's reached an almost overwhelming level these past few weeks - I won't bore you with the detail,...
March 2021: One Year On
Feels like we've been here before, huh? Jokes aside, it might just be that we've started to get some actual sunshine over here on Hell Island but it's...
February 2021: Vitality of Thought
Hey folks, Once again, the end of February crept up on me out of nowhere - I thought I had a couple of extra days to write this post! Let's get into it. The...
January 2021: Vitamin Tree
Hey folks, I know I fell prey to thinking that at midnight on December 31st, 2020 would turn into a pumpkin and we'd all get our lives back... as unrealistic...
December 2020: A Hell of a Year
Hey folks, As you might have guessed, this month's update will be a little different - less about this month in particular, and more of a retrospective on...
November 2020: Winter's Grasp
Hey folks, It's (somehow) almost December as this extremely odd and taxing year draws to a close, and I've somehow managed to do an update every month -...
October 2020: New Hope
Hey folks, Happy Samhain/Halloween! I've managed to put together an actual update this month, so grab some sweeties or another seasonally-appropriate snack...
Monthly updates from a writer of comics
Welcome to Word Stew by me, Chris Mole. Writer (#Brigantia, The Black Rubric), musician, raconteur, bisexual. He/him. Sign up now so you don’t miss the first...
September 2020: It Gets Worse
It will genuinely be a short update this month, folks - I'm very stressed at the moment and have no time/energy to devote to anything in-depth. Writing has...
August 2020: All Change
Hey folks, I know I say this every month, but this will definitely be shorter than last time - Real Life ™ has intruded on my creative endeavours with a...
July 2020: New Frontiers
Hey folks, It feels like I have a lot more to write about this month - there's definitely been more going on creatively in July than in previous months, but...
June 2020: The Hell-Year
Hey everybody, The Usual We live in interesting times, huh? It's been one hell of a month, both in the world at large (continuing and justified civil unrest,...
May 2020: Banished From the Light
Hey everybody, The Usual What's it like to go outdoors and feel the sun and wind on your face? I barely remember any more... Joking aside (I'm responsible...