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…
I started watching Star Trek – Enterprise form the beginning again and although there have been a few episodes where there have been pre-warp civilisations the episode I am watching has Humans that are in a western like time period. Got me thinking of all the other ST episodes where there are things like this….
I started this a while ago and didn’t go anywhere with it, this will help with subjects for this challenge. I could cover allot of current events but I find that too depressing, I think I may have to find something good in the news to report on but for now I will continue with…
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…
I’ve been told I have a problem, my family hasn’t gone as far as an intervention but I always feel they are on the verge. I am on course talking about my addiction to buying books. I saw a meme a while ago that said book buying and book reading were two different hobbies and…
I have been “learning” Linux for some time now, but to get myself more familiar I have installed it on a Laptop I have and another pc. One of my file servers has also been installed with the command line only version, this is to force me to learn the commands and then to remember…
Can’t quite believe it, but December is almost over. Seems like this year has flown by so fast. I haven’t got much done with my writing this year, which is disappointing. Fitness has improved, and I can walk further now without struggling. Lost some weight, so that is going in the right direction. Getting the…
I know where I sit, I have tried for many years of NaNo Pantsing. this is where you just sit and type, see where the story takes you. Although I found that this was not for me. I would start well and generally I always know how a story is going to end, but I…
I used to be one of the crowd, chanting about the expensiveness of Apple and how they were up themselves and how it isn’t worth the price…. I then got a couple of Apple devices, I still moan at the cost but when I use them I can see why they are the price they…
