Shamed into getting off my butt!
A friend of mine that I regularly talk to about writing has just finished his second book (1st was self published) in all of the time it has taken him to write these two books I have…. wait for it…. written less than one short story in the universe I have been busily planning. It…
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…
Psychology
I want to talk about psychology, don’t worry I am not going to go into some deep technical essay on the mind and how it works in this crazy world. I am more going to talk about my own mind and how frustrating it is. The enemy within, my procrastination! It’s a hard one to…
Multipass
This weekend is Tough Guy Nettle Warrior, the twice yearly race that separates the men (Tough Guy) from the boys (Tough Mudder) I look forward to marshalling this race, and spending time with the people down there. Not just because of the chance to play with cameras and get some amazing pictures, but I get to…
3D Printed Gun Fired Successfully
The group Defense Distributed in Austin, Texas has printed a 3D gun and successfully fired it. It took them a year to develop and they have said that they plan to release the blueprints online. Sure to be a massive warning bell for the manufacturing industry as 3d printing becomes more and more consumer friendly….
NaNoWriMo 2015
NaNoWriMo 2015 has started, 30 days to do 50k words. Here we go again 🙂 Going to do a few words then get up early to get a good start with it. I have spent some time outlining this year so I have direction throughout the whole story. Previously I have known where eI am…
Statement of purpose
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,…
Keep the Faith & Yahoo
I have managed to keep up the posting, although i’m not taking my own advice and still doing it last thing at night and so on some nights I have forgot. I really need to take control of my time management somehow. Anyway tonight’s post will be about Yahoo, you remember that site. It’s the…
Blog 4 – 5th September 2015
I forgot a day! Didn’t realise until earlier and now I am really annoyed with myself. Not quite sure where last night went, today has also flown by. My sons birthday so as well as doing birthday stuff for him we went to the cinema and for food. When I got back I found out…