You know I miss going to a video shop, looking for something good then coming home to watch it. Just not the same sitting down and looking for ages at what’s on all of the 500 streaming services. Takes me back to when the kids were little and on a Friday night we would pop…
I am sat at my desk, watching videos of other people being productive, 3 days in to the holiday and I literally have’t achieved anything, I really wish I could do something to kick myself up the ass. Wonder if one of my kids would like the job! Another thing is I seem to be…
Nanowrimo season rapidly approaches, as well as planning for this to ensure I have a good outline to complete a novel this year I am working on a small short story project for Christmas. Something I have also been meaning to get done for many years. To try and help with the planning phases for…
When I was writing everyday there was no literary gems as such but it was a way of getting me writing everyday, since I stopped doing that I have stopped doing everything. That isn’t what I was hoping to get from that exercise. I was hoping that would get me into a routine, suffice to…
This weekend is Tough Guy Nettle Warrior, the twice yearly race that separates the men (Tough Guy) from the boys (Tough Mudder) I look forward to marshalling this race, and spending time with the people down there. Not just because of the chance to play with cameras and get some amazing pictures, but I get to…
I really would love to know why 11:30 seems to be the sweet spot for me. This is the time when i start looking at what i should be doing with writing…. not the entire night leading up to this point but the point where i should be thinking of going to bed. This is…
In a not so surprising move the US Government has sent a latter to Defence Distributed suggesting that publishing the plans was in violation of arms control regulations. I’m not sure what they think the point is, as up to now they have been downloaded over 100,000 times, and even though the company have took…
Just been reading about Mrs Rowling and the potter series….. really does make me want to get writing and try and make a go of this for real. It would be my dream to see my shattered world books in bookshops and libraries. Well nano 14 is not far off….
Partway into October, I started planning my Nano project, but being as it’s me I got bogged down in world-building and plotting characters. The result was the start of Nano and I only had the Prologue, chapter 1, and how I wanted it to end. Because of this lack of planning and no proper outlining,…
I was just reading an article from Writers Magazine Sept15 (Back to School) and in the first paragraph it has the passage: “You’re not a proper writer if you don’t get excited by new pens, notebooks and Post-It notes” This made me chuckle because although I am very tech savvy and have many gadgets I…
