Bookshops

Went to a carboot the other day and there is a permanent book/video shop there is a shed of some sort. It hasn’t been open when I have been before but was this time so i called in. Loads of books, looks like an old fashioned bookshop, I liked it. Plenty of books in the…

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Cafe Writer

I have finally joined the long tradition of writing on a laptop in a cafe, well a Costa. Something about sitting here writing just makes it feel good, wish I could get the motivation more often, I might actually have something finished that way. Maybe this is what I should be doing instead of trying…

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Procrastination Station

I’m stood here on the platform……. I need to get out of here! I kept up with the blog when I was running the challenge but as you can see once that motivation left so did the updates…. I’m goin gto have to end up running a challenge every month just to get myself in…

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Workplace Challenge

Last month at work they let us know about a challenge that different workplaces were doing, to try and get people more active I believe. Some of the team leaders at work have got people involved and although I asked my team there is only myself and one other from my team up for the…

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Stationery

I was just reading an article from Writers Magazine Sept15 (Back to School) and in the first paragraph it has the passage: “You’re not a proper writer if you don’t get excited by new pens, notebooks and Post-It notes” This made me chuckle because although I am very tech savvy and have many gadgets I…

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Fantasy Con

It’s getting closer to the end of the month and after our family holiday in September, I will be going to the British Fantasy Society’s Fantasy Con event. Lots of panels, stalls, and more importantly books. It’s a bit daunting as I am off down on my own but from the looks of it, I…

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Post Nano

It’s the 6th December so this is a bit late but happy to say that I managed to complete NaNo 2018. Really happy that I managed to keep it going this year. I had steady progress throughout the month. I also think that this year the writing group and the Darlo NaNo group were a…

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Fear the walking dead

I have just finished watching the first two episodes of the spinoff from the Walking Dead. the original series although by no means the first post apocalyptic series to air, it seems to have taken off in a big way, hugely popular and one of the best series I have watched for a while. I…

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