“Have you tried turning it off and on again?”
While looking for something to write for the blog tonight I found a news article on the Register site, I was very happy 🙂 It seems they are bringing back the IT crowd back for one last episode, the show ran for 4 seasons from 06-10 and focused on the IT dept of a large…
26th June 2017 – Camp Nano Planning
Camp Nano planning….. Or lack of it…. This months project is Dragon Lords – Exile. I have a whiteboard next to me with a base outline for a 25k Novella that will cover some backstory for this years NaNo story. This is the plan, but if I don’t put in some time for planning I…
Nom de plume
“An assumed name used by a writer instead of their real name; a pen-name:” Oxford Dictionary I will start this by saying I understand why some writers feel the need to use a pen name, maybe they are are writing in a genre they are not usually known for. Or they want to see how well…
Writer’s meetup and Camp NaNo
It’s that time again and although I had said I was going to plan for this I did my usual and didn’t plan the time to plan (see what I did there) and so when the 1st came around I was already deciding not to do it. I made up excuses to myself about looking…
General Update
Hi All, since winning Nano in November I bet you can guess how much writing I have done to maintain that awesome achievement…. yes, you are right, almost nothing :O Gods Pawn Since then I have done a few thousand words on the project and I am not going to hit my target of having…
NaNoWriMo 2022
I have been doing NaNo for 12 years and in that time I have managed to finish twice. this year I decided I needed some motivation after watching a video on how to incentivize yourself. I bought a £50 voucher for Amazon and then gave it to my wife. I told her if I finished…
Update and beyond 2020
It’s been a while since I have given an update and a bit has changed. This post is not going to be a new year new me post…. but it will share some similarities. 🙂 So NaNo was a bust for me, I just didn’t plan enough and like I have most years I got…