I am at the moment trying to find the best time for me to do writing as part of a routine. It’s not so much when I am off as I can usually manage something then, it’s when I am back at work and I need to get into a routine of sorts. Although I…
Well, NaNoWriMo ended and I have officially failed at NaNo for the 5th year running. I had no time reason this year for the failure it is literally just hitting a wall due to not knowing where to take the story and not doing enough setup beforehand. I think the stream of conciousness writing isn’t…
I watch some you-tubers and I have watched/read interviews with authors on how they are so productive. I have tried at home to be more productive but despite having no young kids anymore I can’t seem to get it to work for me, I can have a solid 4 hours in my office and manage…
Sat down to do tonight’s writing and I am struggling to stay awake, but I was determined to get something down so I can try and keep up with this challenge. I am away Sunday/Monday so will also have to make sure I try and keep up with it then as well. Quite happy that…
I had a plan for this weekend, and although I have done some of what I wanted to achieve I haven’t managed to get the main thing done that I needed to this weekend. This was continuing with the UI Path training, I still have some time to get some done but I am not…
Finish reading the first book and have started doing Assignment 1, Now, why do I want to be a writer?
It’s really annoying, I know when things are due to start and yet I am never ready (writing related) I have been talking about Camp Nano for a few weeks and yet it was the start yesterday and although I have a bare outline I don’t have an outline and I have brought my material…
Where do you do your creative thinking? I have an office and this is where I should be doing my work but I made the mistake of filling my “man cave” with stuff! When I am in here supposed to be working I end up watching TV or browsing or playing games. Occasionally I do…
I am a subscriber in three writing magazines and when I am reading through I am forever seeing advertisements for writing conferences or retreats. It’s frustrating as I really like the look of these but for someone like me they are out of my reach. Most of them are down south, there don’t appear to…
You know I miss going to a video shop, looking for something good then coming home to watch it. Just not the same sitting down and looking for ages at what’s on all of the 500 streaming services. Takes me back to when the kids were little and on a Friday night we would pop…