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…
We came to Scarborough about a month ago with the youngest daughter, it was a good break but bless her she doesn’t like all the walking around and this ends up causing her to moan, so when we got back I booked a break for just me and Trace. Rather than just come straight here…
I was browsing the Pulse app on my tablet and I came on an article from the IT blog It was about changing your workplace into the stand up desk concept. The idea is that when working standing up you are more productive, it seems like a strange idea and yet part of me wishes…
I have loved reading for as long as I can remember, I was always in the school library when I was younger and all throughout school. When I grew up my love for reading just got better as I now had the money to buy more books. When I had kids I think I should…
Well…. the last post on this blog was 6 months ago. It was my new year post and I had so many dreams. Admittedly the same dreams I have each year and each year I don’t really get too far into them. So far this year I have done little writing progress, read less than…
In a move that will save them 30 million euros Extramadura is replacing the governments computers with 40,000 linux based computers. This is the second largest public sector migration to Linux. Although Linux will never take the lead from Microsoft it is nice to see large scale migrations to Linux like this, it says something…
I can’t seem to stop myself, every time I finish a series instead of using that time to write or do my web design course I start again. The latest one I am watching is suits, don’t get me wrong when I am watching it I don’t mind as it is a brilliant show, but…
July 2011….. This is when I started this Blog, and from reading the first post I was proclaiming myself taking control of my procrastination and doing something with my life. If you were to scroll through the post chances are you would periodically see the same declaration, I would really like to know why committing…
It has been a long while coming but me and the wife are away in Blackpool for three days. We have been looking forward to this for a while. It’s getting colder but as long as it isn’t raining we should have a good time. It’s just nice to be away from the office (work…
I have been thinking for a while as do most writers what constitutes a writer, when would I consider myself to be a writer. When is it a hobby as opposed to a calling etc… Imposter Syndrome is a big thing for writers, how many times have I been asked what I do outside of…
