Motivation can be a strange thing, especially with me. I am lucky that I have an understanding wife and I have an office in which to work. Many people have to write anywhere they can but I have my Batcave, Sanctuary, Den. Whatever you want to call it, but, for me it can be both…
Getting near the end of my week off and we have come to Blackpool for 2 days. Set off at 07:00 this morning and got into Blackpool for just after 9:10, not a bad drive, we went a completely different way but as it was almost all motorway travel it was an easier drive, but…
I have never really bothered with Camp NaNo, which is weird as you get the community/motivation of NaNo but you get to set your own goals, so even if you think 50k in November is too much you can do this one and choose the word count you want to achieve. I have half heartedly…
Because I have a splash of OCD it has always bothered me that some of my book collections are different formats or different sizes. As I like to keep my books and am building a nice collection for certain series I want to make sure I have a really nice, uniform collection. I am wanting…
First day back at work today, spent most of the day sorting emails and dealing with crap…. Went to work in the car and then when I came home for lunch I went back on the motorbike, then you can guess what happened, yup it pissed down, hate it when that happens when I am…
Where do you do your creative thinking? I have an office and this is where I should be doing my work but I made the mistake of filling my “man cave” with stuff! When I am in here supposed to be working I end up watching TV or browsing or playing games. Occasionally I do…
So this is the first post in a while that isn’t going to be droning on about writing or relearning teach. I know crazy right… Instead, I felt the need to post an unpaid advertisement for a new drink I purchased tonight. Captain Morgans Tiki, it’s a Mango and Pineapple drink. I don’t usually do…
I have been doing NaNo for 12 years and in that time I have managed to finish twice. this year I decided I needed some motivation after watching a video on how to incentivize yourself. I bought a £50 voucher for Amazon and then gave it to my wife. I told her if I finished…
It’s getting near to that time of year again and to try and continue on the success of last year I need to make sure I do enough planning for this years event. I planned last year but still struggled. This year I need to make sure I have done more to plan for it….