Born in a secondhand bookstore, and Raised by marmalade collectors, Archibald’s love for words blossomed at an early age, mainly because it was the only escape from his family’s obsession with citrus-themed jams.
He has a degree in Creative Writing from an unaccredited online university, His first book, 'The Chronicles of Larry' met with widespread confusion, eventually earning him the prestigious “What Even Is This?” award.
Archibald now resides in a treehouse made entirely of rejection letters, where he spends his days crafting overly elaborate metaphors. His motto? “Write drunk, edit sober, and always blame the editor.”
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If Outsideleft had arms they would always be wide open and welcoming to new writers and new ideas. If you've got something to say, something a small dank corner of the world needs to know about, a poem to publish, a book review, a short story, if you love music or the arts or anything else, write something about it and send it along. Of course we don't have anything as conformist as a budget here. But we'd love to see what you can do. Write for Outsideleft, do. [SUBMISSIONS FORM HERE]