NaNo Failure
Partway into October, I started planning my Nano project, but being as it’s me I got bogged down in world-building and plotting characters. The result was the start of Nano and I only had the Prologue, chapter 1, and how I wanted it to end. Because of this lack of planning and no proper outlining,…
19th June 2017 – Weather
I live in the UK so we don’t really get the extremes of weather other countries get so I feel a bit cheeky saying this but, god it’s hot! Woke up so many times last night trying to sleep in 27 degree heat. Windows open, covers off and it’s still so warm. I love it…
4th June 2017 – Writers Group
For a long time I have tried joining writers groups on FB and looked for years for something local to me. I have tried a couple and either not felt comfortable or the more common theme is groups that start then peter out very quickly. Joining a group for NaNo years ago has netted a…
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…
The mark of a good book
So it’s nearly 1 in the morning and I have a busy day ahead, I had planed an early night because of this but instead I got drew into reading Wizards First Rule by Terry Goodkind. I have read the book several times and it is by far one of my favourite series (Sword of…
Sigh…..
When I was writing everyday there was no literary gems as such but it was a way of getting me writing everyday, since I stopped doing that I have stopped doing everything. That isn’t what I was hoping to get from that exercise. I was hoping that would get me into a routine, suffice to…
360 Video Cameras – Amazing!
360 Cameras, never even knew these were a thing, I mean they must have existed but I never thought to look for something like this and didn’t realise you could use you tube like this. Amazing. I need more gadgets like this, I would have so much fun. Or I need to get off my…
Bloody Trainers and Import Tax…….
It all starts with doing something nice. Christmas is coming up and the wife wanted some specific trainers that I could only find on-line from america. She had found some of then in TK Max on offer but there were no more available, so we had to go looking for more. I found them on…
The decline in Computing in schools
I was reading the news today on the BBC and noticed their article about the falling numbers in students completing the Computing qualification. It seems that in the last few years there has been a steady decline in the numbers of students completing this course. It’s strange to think that when the Computing course was…