It’s that time of the year again. Time for me to say I am preparing while making procrastination an art…. I mean time to get planning my Acomia Fantasy project. I need to flesh out some of the world-building as I have changed a few things and then minimally plot out the story. In the…
As part of my writing journey I have finally started to work through one of the “how to” books I have owned for a long time. One of the things the author says is a good thing to do is to come up with a statement of purpose, something to inspire me to carry on,…
Book 5, Victory Conditions, Elizabeth Moon Warning Spoilers ahead… you have been warned! Vatta’s War is a military SF series that is comprised of 5 books. This one being the last. I will be the first to admit that I am easy to please when it comes to films or books. Its not often I…
I have started to prioritise reading again in a bid to actually try and get through the massive amount of books I have. Each year I seem to buy significantly more than I read. I need to do something about that, so I have started reading a lot more. I was trying to finish what…
Internet issue is “fixed” so I can now access the blog from my own network, this means I can post just in time to start talking about NaNo. If you were to look back over my posts at this time there will be a lot of sweeping statements about getting it planned out and ready…
I have started many things since I started trying to take my writing life seriously but stuck to none of them. I am glad to see that for once I have stuck to this one. 15 days in and I am still posting. Not a massive amount of writing but it has got me writing…
Today I let the inner Geek out… I attended my first convention, it’s not that I didn’t want to go before now. It’s just that they are all too far away or too expensive. I got a ticket for Newcastle Film & Comic-con went with a friend yesterday and had a brilliant time. The venue wasn’t very…
This rant is brought to you from the Writing Magazine (August 14) the article was called Think of the Children. It covers an author called Loraine Mace and the books she wrote starring Vlad the Inhaler, this is a YA fantasy book with vampires in it. Seems she was subject to the age old fools…
I have a problem…. they say the first step to getting help is to admit you have a problem. I do! I have a hoarding mentality and because of this, I have several collections. Dice/Cards/Books/Cups and many other things. So tech is something that didn’t escape. In my office, I have 3 desks now. The…
