Laptops and more Laptops

I have a problem…. they say the first step to getting help is to admit you have a problem. I do! I have a hoarding mentality and because of this, I have several collections. Dice/Cards/Books/Cups and many other things. So tech is something that didn’t escape. In my office, I have 3 desks now. The…

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Another Failiure

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…

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12th June 2017 – A Facebook rant!

I have a love/Hate relationship with a few websites none more so than Facebook. It’s one of those sites that people generally either love or hate, I do both. I think it is brilliant for keeping in contact with friends and family that you might not speak to very often, sharing pictures and keeping up…

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Geek

Today I let the inner Geek out… I attended my first convention, it’s not that I didn’t want to go before now. It’s just that they are all too far away or too expensive. I got a ticket for Newcastle Film & Comic-con  went with a friend yesterday and had a brilliant time. The venue wasn’t very…

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The end of the world

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 us and before long we will all be wandering through a dystopian world trying to…

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NaNoWriMo

Well, not long now. Just under two months and then its carnage again as NaNoWriMo starts again. I didn’t do too good last year only managing 12k words. I am picking a different project and different genre this year, and I am positive I will get it done and finished this time….. honest. Will post…

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Dick Turpin goes into publishing

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. As much as I want to be published if I was to see something like…

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and so it begins.

The book has arrived and I have started it. It’s very strange starting to read and book with the knowledge that I am not likely to be seeing Dragons or space flight. But this could be a good thing, reading books that are in genres that I would normally not read. On with the challenge…

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