Writing Conferences
I am a subscriber in three writing magazines and when I am reading through I am forever seeing advertisements for writing conferences or retreats. It’s frustrating as I really like the look of these but for someone like me they are out of my reach. Most of them are down south, there don’t appear to…
27th June 2017 – Family Time and Apes….
Its so hard to get kids to watch anything with you these days. War of the Planet of the Apes is due out in a week or so, to get ready me and the wife sat down to watch number 1 (Rise) and then as we were in the mood number 2 (Dawn) The 13…
NaNo Update
Short one as I want to do some writing before I turn in for the night. 9 Days in and I am a few thousand behind, I need to try and do a little more for the next few days and then at the weekend have a long sprint to bring myself back on track….
Nom de plume
“An assumed name used by a writer instead of their real name; a pen-name:” Oxford Dictionary I will start this by saying I understand why some writers feel the need to use a pen name, maybe they are are writing in a genre they are not usually known for. Or they want to see how well…
Preptober
It’s October 9th and I am cracking on with Preptober. I have found a new writer that does youtube videos and resources to help other writers, her details are below. Sarra Cannon Website – https://heartbreathings.com/ YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCasYwEzMc7tjKuAS-vtDYPw One of the things she provided was a Preptober booklet and a booklet for planning your novel….
Favorite quote
Ocassionally I come across a good quote but my memory being what it is I often forgot. .. This one always stuck in my mind and was usually the signature on my tech posts. Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the…
Blackpool Illuminations
Well we managed to get on the Heritage Train this time, the wife was very pleased. But I think it is over hyped, it was a nice ride for over an hour right from one end of Blackpool to the other, but as you are in the train I think it really isn’t he best…
Nano
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…
A time to change…..
I like my life, I will just say that first, I have an awesome family and I have many different groups of friends, from those I grew up with to those I have met from work. But I suffer from a severe lack of motivation to do what I want or what I need. I…