I am an easily led person when it comes to writing. If I am watching/reading fantasy I really want to write fantasy. If I am watching/reading science fiction then I want to write that too. I always think it is a good idea to have a project of each on the go for this reason,…
When reading Writing magazines and looking at online Writers forums, you come across this question quite often; I have found that the answer seems to always lie with the particular Writer. So I thought I would add my opinion into the mix. I have loved reading since I was a child, I used to devour…
Some sad news in the world of writing and magazines. It’s not like people found out from any kind of announcement, I hadn’t seen an official announcement on the internet. The latest issue came out and in the editor’s message he broke the news that this magazine was the last and the publisher had decided…
This rant is brought to you from the Writing Magazine (August 14) the article was called Think of the Children. It covers an author called Loraine Mace and the books she wrote starring Vlad the Inhaler, this is a YA fantasy book with vampires in it. Seems she was subject to the age old fools…
I said this in my last post and I have realised that this is part of my problem, I have all of these goals and things I want to do. I think I get caught up on how I am going to get them all done and as a result I don’t get any of…
As long as I can remember I have written, although like all things I do it has been on and off and never with conviction. This was until a few years ago when I started to do so more and more. I spend more time planning and making notes than actual writing but still I…
So, its almost September. Two months until the crazy people start that mad dash to complete 50k words in a month. I have attempted this feat for the last two years and coincidentally both years I have stalled at around 11k words. I am determined that this year I will not fail, so I am…
It’s that time of the year again. Fresh from a massive New Year dinner, family have gone now so I am popping in the bath then some writing planning to be done. Updates are going to be strange for a bit after this as I have a website to finish my myself, I have started…
You know I miss going to a video shop, looking for something good then coming home to watch it. Just not the same sitting down and looking for ages at what’s on all of the 500 streaming services. Takes me back to when the kids were little and on a Friday night we would pop…
In a move that will save them 30 million euros Extramadura is replacing the governments computers with 40,000 linux based computers. This is the second largest public sector migration to Linux. Although Linux will never take the lead from Microsoft it is nice to see large scale migrations to Linux like this, it says something…