Notes from the Inkpot
Writing, teaching, creating - one ink-stained idea at a time.
The Real Point of A Christmas Carol (And Why We’re Still Missing It)
We often teach A Christmas Carol as a cosy festive tale about kindness and personal change, but Dickens wrote it as a powerful demand for social reform. This post explores what we might be missing when we reduce the novella to seasonal sentiment, and why its true message—collective responsibility and systemic transformation—matters more than ever in today’s classrooms.
Inside the Victoriana Collection: A Writing Box of Mystery, History, and Creative Intrigue
The Victoriana Collection isn’t a set of writing prompts. It’s a mystery told through forgotten photographs, torn letters, and eerie clues from another time. If you’re the kind of writer who finds inspiration in texture, mood, and fragments, this box was made for you. Gothic, atmospheric, and open-ended - this is where your next story begins.