Of the hundreds of blog posts I’ve written here at Fevered Mutterings, here are the ones that have garnered the most comments, attracted the most eyeballs, been Stumbled and Tweeted most enthusiastically…in short, where I’ve caused the most fuss.
I consider these my least worst blog posts.
But feel free to disagree wildly. I run that kind of place.
Go Home Again: 4 Ways To Love Where You Are
Fretting because you’re not able to travel? Believe me, I’ve been there (all of 2010, in fact). But everywhere is worth rediscovering, even the places you long to leave. All it takes is a change of perspective – and here’s how to get that, and learn to love where you are (not where you aren’t).
The Human Scale of Cold: How We Freeze And How We Thaw, and The Human Scale Of Hot: How We Melt Down
My most popular posts – a series of ghoulish investigations into the effects of extreme temperature on the human body. I really enjoyed writing these. Yes, I know, “never darken my door in real life”, etcetera. Already been said, my friend.
Breaking The Ice With Strangers: Hook (Part 1), Line (Part 2) and Sinker (Part 3)
A three-part, ten-section guide to bridging that lonely gap between you and strangers when you’re travelling – including broadcasting your mistakes, avoiding mentioning what you do for a living…and acting like an American. Yes, really.
50 Amazingly Achievable Things To Do Before You Die
Tired of reading lists of formidably demanding things you need to do before you die? Me too. Here’s the antidote. If you score less than 25, you’re in big trouble.
Lifehacker and World Hum linked to this post. And I bet they got all 50, too.
Shhh! (A Writer’s Guide To Destroying The World)
Distractions destroy days. Destroy distractions, you get your day back. As a writer wanting to get stuff out the door, this is *vital* – and here are a few ways I’ve found for blocking out the world. (I’m not claiming to be very good at them, mind).
How To Fill Your Kindle (& Other Gadgets) For Free
There’s an overwhelming amount of free Stuff out there – and if you’re a Kindle-user, there’s a gobsmacking variety of things to freely, and legally upload to your beloved tablet of magical wordery. Furthermore? You don’t have to put up with lame content – we’re talking full-price books released for free for promotion purposes or because of lapsed copyright, or full-fat professional content designed to reach eyeballs, not generate money. This post rounds up the best sites doing just that. If your brain doesn’t pop, it’ll end up bigger.
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Do you have a favourite post of mine? Feeling irked that it’s not on this page (yet)? Drop me a comment below. Thank’ee kindly.
Images: Frederic della Faille, Grevel, ancawonka, jcoleman, kodomut, Katie Tegtmeyer.
50 amazingly achievable things is very much a favourite of mine.
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