It’s the end….. of 2022

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,…

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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…

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Blog 1 – 1st September 2015

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…

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Psychology

I want to talk about psychology, don’t worry I am not going to go into some deep technical essay on the mind and how it works in this crazy world. I am more going to talk about my own mind and how frustrating it is. The enemy within, my procrastination! It’s a hard one to…

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I have no willpower…

It’s the 3rd of August and so far I have watched Stargate for two nights and I find I am now watching Beverly Hills Cop! I need someone with a cattle prod standing behind me ready to zap me when I start procrastinating… So much to do and so much procrastination!

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Aviel

So I have fully moved onto world building for the new Fantasy novel, NaNo is out of the window. I did do some writing at the writing group meetups for NaNo but by then I had started looking at a new book. It’s strange as I have been concentrating on Sci-fi for a long time…

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Taxi please……

So i’m sat here again just past 2am waiting for the bloody kids to let me know when it is ok to pick them up from the club….. I wonder how I ended up doing this all the time, when I was a kid I never had my dad picking me up all the time….

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Brexit – A small rant!

My recent trainer purchase has prompted this, I did have all of this as part of that post but then it just seemed like I had gone off on a total tangent, so I have separated it. I try not to get involved in the politics, it just doesn’t interest me, I find it hard…

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September NaNo

So I was a bit premature saying I could try this for August, the main reason I consistently fail NaNo is lack of planning. Added to that I am going to be helping a friend edit his book over the next few weeks so I think I need to use the time to do some…

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