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…
I was reading a writing article which talked about not ending your book with a cliché. The article then went on to list some of them. One of them struck a cord with me, this was the drawn out dream, meaning at the end of the book your protagonist wakes up and finds out the…
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,…
Susan Cooper – The Dark is Rising There are few books from my actual childhood that stand out. I’m not talking about late teens but when I was younger. I would equate these to the current generation talking about Harry potter. The first of these is The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper, this is…
I have done it again. Less than a day from my sweeping statement and instead of doing a load of writing planning I was going to do today I have been playing games for the most of the day. Sometimes I wish I could slap myself in the face, although I had a fun day…
So last night me and a friend went to see the new Star Wars Anthology film from Director Ron Howard and with main cast actors Alden Ehrenreich, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover and Paul Bettany. This new Science Fiction (or Fantasy if you lean that way) film is the latest in Disney’s plethora of…
Just been reading about Mrs Rowling and the potter series….. really does make me want to get writing and try and make a go of this for real. It would be my dream to see my shattered world books in bookshops and libraries. Well nano 14 is not far off….
It’s July already and that means it’s time for Camp NaNo. Something I have rarely ever tried which is weird given the self-imposed deadlines. But it is something I would like to get into, so it helps with getting some words down. I have decided to try and get something done this time by pantsing…
When I think of my “writing” career and what I would like to achieve I despair. I have so many ideas and rather than take the time to get them done, I sit on this pc for hours on end and don’t seem to achieve anything. I have this blog, which sits here with a comment every month…