Stephen King – On Writing
I am in the middle of reading this book, I have quite a few books on how to write but this one I’m loving. It seems weird to be reading it, he start by saying that we are communicating through time. He is a literary genius and when reading this book it actually does feel like he…
The drawn-out dream
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…
A Cure for Wellness mini review Warning Spoilers ahead
Warning spoilers may be ahead…. I went to see this film on Monday 27th Feb and watching the trailer beforehand I was expecting a shock horror type of film, I even thought from the trailers that there could be some alien overtones. I was wrong. The basic idea is a young executive is sent to…
NaNoWriMo 2015
I had so many plans for this years NaNo, you tube videos, blog posts etc, I should have known I wouldn’t have the time to do this, but I am optimistic each year. Well the image says it all, I was worried from the first day that I would fail again as I could never…
This Guy Needed Just 28.80 Seconds to Solve a Rubik’s Cube. While Blindfolded. [Video]
This is amazing, he must have a photographic memory 🙂 This Guy Needed Just 28.80 Seconds to Solve a Rubik’s Cube. While Blindfolded. [Video] – http://pulse.me/s/6q8wW
January 1st…… Another Year……
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…
100 Books challenge
I have decided as I am a massive bookworm I would like to take on a new challenge. We are at Blackpool at the moment and while browsing I came across the below article. https://www.businessinsider.com/100-books-everyone-should-read-amazon-goodreads-2015-3?amp= now looking at this list there are some I have already read and a lot that is out of my…
Big Brother 2016
I think something like this can be categorised as a “guilty pleasure” I loved the first couple of seasons then didn’t watch it for a long time, I since came back in the last few years and its like a procrastination drug, it takes up so much time between the main show and the bit…
The Writers Workout – 3 Serial Focus
Number 3 is about focus, the coach states that you cannot finish anything until you have focus. This is what is needed to make a career out of writing. It is said that many people can have a one hit wonder but only the career writers have focus. I fit into the category of someone…