Get off your ass and start writing, seriously! This is what I need to be tattooed on my forehead, so every morning when I look in the mirror it’s the first thing I will see. I have a dream…. I am sure someone somewhere said that. My dream however is to be a published writer….
When I was a kid it cost 10p to use a BT phone box and there were not mobile phones, if you needed directory enquirers to find a number you didn’t need to take out a mortgage to do so. Today since the privatization there are now several companies offering this service. the most prevalent…
It’s a few days until we barrel into December and my first winter with a Campervan. We have had a couple of stopovers in the van in the cold now and I can say I am very glad the Diesel heater was replaced with a good Autotherm one. Definitely makes a difference. It’s friday, although…
On the family day out on Saturday we ended the day in Whitby, so I could visit a second hand bookshop there. While I was there I saw Misspent Youth again, I had previously not bought it as I wasn’t sure if I had it. But now that I can check my collection with the…
Indecision For a long time I have been planning the Sci-fi universe in which I will be writing many stories, I like the idea of building a place where it can all happen. Even if they don’t intersect with each other, at least they are all in the same universe and if needed I can…
I often remark to my grown up kids (18,19) at the lack of skills with computers in their generation, when I was their age I was playing around in DOS and writing silly little programs in basic, that is the kind of thing that got me into wanting to work with computers. If the PC…
Despite all of my future planning and declarations I haven’t managed to do any writing as such this year so far, just some more world building. I think again I am stuck with too many on going projects and how-to books on the go at once, so instead of concentrating on one thing I end…
Can’t quite believe it, but December is almost over. Seems like this year has flown by so fast. I haven’t got much done with my writing this year, which is disappointing. Fitness has improved, and I can walk further now without struggling. Lost some weight, so that is going in the right direction. Getting the…
As a writer one piece of advice we are always being given is to read more in the genre we want to write in, for me that is either Sci-fi or Fantasy. As one of my loves is reading this is something I do, even though I have my kindle, I still spend money in bookshops….
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….