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…
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…
In my quest to be the best procrastinator, I jump between Fantasy and Sci-Fi. Although for the most part, I have now managed to limit myself to one project per genre. Rather than getting nothing done with either part of what I need to do, I can set up some planning so that I can…
I had to collect eh wife from town and sort a couple of things but I am ready. Classical music is on and the document is open, let the month of madness start here 🙂 wish me luck.
This is a book I got from Helmsley last year, another tool I have decided I can use in my quest to do more writing this year. It is 366 tips, tasks and techniques from your writing career coach. As it is a nice round number I am going to use this weekend to catch…
Well, it is almost midnight on the 31st of October, and although I would normally have a good plan in place for NaNo by now, this year I don’t really have anything prepped. I had planned to pick up my Fantasy novel Rise of the Fallen and see if I could finish it, but given…
As part of my writing journey I have finally started to work through one of the “how to” books I have owned for a long time. One of the things the author says is a good thing to do is to come up with a statement of purpose, something to inspire me to carry on,…
It’s been a while. How have you been doing? I have had a busy year, and as such, certain hobbies have taken a back seat. Writing is one of them, but as we move ever closer to Fantasycon 2026, I find I am drawn back into this world and find I want to get it…
I had a plan for this weekend, and although I have done some of what I wanted to achieve I haven’t managed to get the main thing done that I needed to this weekend. This was continuing with the UI Path training, I still have some time to get some done but I am not…