Author Archives: Columbo

New year. 2021, what to expect….

Posted on January 11, 2021 by Columbo

Well, we managed to make it through the craziness that was 2020, this time last year I would have been planning to do more writing and making sweeping statements, little did I know what was to come from this crazy … Continue reading →

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NaNo Failure

Posted on December 23, 2020 by Columbo

Partway into October, I started planning my Nano project, but being as it’s me I got bogged down in world-building and plotting characters. The result was the start of Nano and I only had the Prologue, chapter 1, and how … Continue reading →

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Procrastination

Posted on November 18, 2020 by Columbo

2 1/2 months since the last post… I named this blog well. Looking back through the posts it’s a lot of me making plans that don’t seem to go anywhere. Wish I could work out a way to get this … Continue reading →

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Checking in

Posted on September 3, 2020 by Columbo

It’s been two months (to the day), I did say that I wasn’t going to have these long gaps and that using this blog I would start to be a bit more productive. But, as usual, my plans didn’t go … Continue reading →

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Captain, my Captain

Posted on July 4, 2020 by Columbo

So this is the first post in a while that isn’t going to be droning on about writing or relearning teach. I know crazy right… Instead, I felt the need to post an unpaid advertisement for a new drink I … Continue reading →

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Working on updates

Posted on June 29, 2020 by Columbo

It’s been a while again, I haven’t gone very far with my writing as usual. I have been working more on updating my tech knowledge, I also had an interview for a data-related IT job. I am still waiting to … Continue reading →

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Writing Meets and Covid

Posted on June 7, 2020 by Columbo

Motivation can be a strange thing, especially with me. I am lucky that I have an understanding wife and I have an office in which to work. Many people have to write anywhere they can but I have my Batcave, … Continue reading →

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Life, the universe and everything

Posted on April 6, 2020 by Columbo

Isolation…. not as bad for me as other people, I still need to go into the office sometimes to sort deliveries of PPE to our staff. That and I need to do the odd thing for the daughter and grandson. … Continue reading →

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The end of the world

Posted on March 29, 2020 by Columbo

Sometimes I write this blog and I think maybe someone will stumble upon it one day, but given we are in the throes of a pandemic may be the apocalypse I have been reading about for so long is with … Continue reading →

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Dick Turpin goes into publishing

Posted on March 29, 2020 by Columbo

I know I am not currently published, but I plan to be. So it’s quite worrying to read all of the news articles talking about how some publishers and magazines are demanding all rights when writers submit work to them. … Continue reading →

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