A friend of mine that I regularly talk to about writing has just finished his second book (1st was self published) in all of the time it has taken him to write these two books I have…. wait for it…. written less than one short story in the universe I have been busily planning. It…
it has finally happened…. I bought a new iPod a while ago and despite always taking the mick out of Apple I love how smooth the use is. So this week I got myself an iPad 4 and I just took the plunge and bought a MacBook Pro. I am also looking at getting an…
In a move that will save them 30 million euros Extramadura is replacing the governments computers with 40,000 linux based computers. This is the second largest public sector migration to Linux. Although Linux will never take the lead from Microsoft it is nice to see large scale migrations to Linux like this, it says something…
I found out recently that my great uncle David Nell wrote a book chronicling his time as a POW. My mum told me about it and showed me the copy of the book signed by him for her birthday. Given I would like to be a published writer I liked the fact that a member…
I would love to use a tool to monitor the time I waste looking through social networking websites, Facebook or twitter. I can sit at my machine and seem to do nothing but refresh the page and look at crap….. then I wonder why I get nothing done. I have tried quitting several times but…
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,…
It’s that time of the year again and April’s NaNo is upon us. This is the version of NaNoWriMo where you can set your own goal and then work with fellow wrimos to achieve it. I was wanting to complete the project I started in November in April and was going to try to get…
I had so many plans for this years NaNo, you tube videos, blog posts etc, I should have known I wouldn’t have the time to do this, but I am optimistic each year. Well the image says it all, I was worried from the first day that I would fail again as I could never…
When you InstGoogleTweetFace…… Lol I attended an unlimited Secret screening last Saturday and when the film started there was an audible groan as it wasn’t Deadpool, but the film that was on was triple 9. Not a film I would watch again it is worth a watch, if only for the quote above. I loved…
Been a while since I posted an update and since then I have been to Fantasycon. It was a brilliant weekend full of all manner of writerly people, panels, and lots and lots of books. Which is something I love. I overspent on books but then I saved the money for Fantasycon so it was…
