Aug 6, 2026 · 58 min · 19 segments
Matt Hill is a Philip K. Dick nominated author, having published 6 books over the last 13 years. 'Lamb', 'The Breach', 'Zero Bomb', 'Graft' and 'Folded Man', have all be acclaimed for their prose…
Matt HillGuestDan SimpsonHost
Um, and then under my desk, uh, I've got some, lots of pens and stationery, which I actually never use.
I, I have the blinds closed today because after 1:00 in the afternoon it gets very sunny in the shed and, uh, I can't see anything.
But in the morning I like to look out onto our beautiful-- uh, we've got an acer in the garden, uh, which is actually slowly growing to, to sort of cover the window.
Uh, is there anything around you that maybe pertains to whatever project you're writing? So, uh, Post-it notes or, uh, a plot point, a, a s- a spreadsheet, a whiteboard, maybe images that help you out?
I used to be very much, uh, a Post-its person, um, and used to cover things with that, but I, I pretty much do everything now via, um, the notes app on my phone, which syncs to my laptop and then I have-- on my second screen, I have the notes up, uh, for whatever project I'm working on, and I flick between those.
I've got them all pinned depending on, yeah, on the [chuckles] severity or the, uh, kind of the importance of the project.
Um, I definitely... yeah, as I say, I used to do a lot with Post-its, um, but I've, I've made the jump fully digital now.
So, the, being digital is-- well, it's much more convenient in that if you're, you know, out and about, you can just type into your phone and then you know it's going towards the computer, so then you can sort it out.
There is, I don't know, there is something old school and romantic about, like, Post-it notes, bafflingly.
It's, it's weird, isn't it, that, that something so simple can k- can almost be quite evocative.
Um, and then under my desk, uh, I've got some, lots of pens and stationery, which I actually never use.
I, I have the blinds closed today because after 1:00 in the afternoon it gets very sunny in the shed and, uh, I can't see anything.
But in the morning I like to look out onto our beautiful-- uh, we've got an acer in the garden, uh, which is actually slowly growing to, to sort of cover the window.
Uh, is there anything around you that maybe pertains to whatever project you're writing? So, uh, Post-it notes or, uh, a plot point, a, a s- a spreadsheet, a whiteboard, maybe images that help you out?
I used to be very much, uh, a Post-its person, um, and used to cover things with that, but I, I pretty much do everything now via, um, the notes app on my phone, which syncs to my laptop and then I have-- on my second screen, I have the notes up, uh, for whatever project I'm working on, and I flick between those.
I've got them all pinned depending on, yeah, on the [chuckles] severity or the, uh, kind of the importance of the project.
Um, I definitely... yeah, as I say, I used to do a lot with Post-its, um, but I've, I've made the jump fully digital now.
So, the, being digital is-- well, it's much more convenient in that if you're, you know, out and about, you can just type into your phone and then you know it's going towards the computer, so then you can sort it out.
There is, I don't know, there is something old school and romantic about, like, Post-it notes, bafflingly.
It's, it's weird, isn't it, that, that something so simple can k- can almost be quite evocative.
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