A little while ago a friend of mine recommended www.udemy.com which is a training site with courses on anything you can think of. Not accredited, you don’t come away with a qualification, but if you are just looking to refresh or learn something new then this site is really good. Some of the prices can…
I was visiting family the last weekend I had to laugh when my auntie called by and while catching up she asked what I was doing in the all the pictures my wife invariably takes of me when we are out and about. I am sure my wife is a robot, she never seems to get…
The week off is nearly done, I am in Norwich at the moment as me and some friends have been here to see another friend, this morning I will do the drive back home. I hope it is better than the drive down, that journey took 7 1/2 hours, instead of 4 1/2 because of…
Well… I am sure it’s a shock but I haven’t been doing too much writing in the last week, Although I have done more than I would have if it wasn’t nano. I have around 3 short stories at first draft. and a couple more that I am on with. So I have some progress….
Not long ago I read a blog post by Barry Milford where he took on an April challenge to write 1000 words a day for the month of April. I missed the chance then but decided I would try something similar in May, I am not going to write 1000 words a day, but… I…
I’m annoyed and I dont really know why, every now and again it comes over me and then I’m hell to live with, I pick at the smallest thing, bring up things that have been bugging me for a while and manage to get at everyone. Tonight is one of those nights and I don’t…
This post was done using the text based browser links, from Linux mint. I really do love the way Linux makes me go right back to the early days of using the command line, while managing to stay with the times.
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…
So I was getting quite prolific and was quite happy with the result, but it seems my inner Chimp won out… When I finished watching Boston Legal I had intended not watching any more TV as it is very distracting for me and I always end up binge watching TV shows and getting nothing done….
Since late September I have been planning for this years NaNo. For once I am actually managing to keep up the momentum, I have my plans for the NaNo novel underway and I am managing to keep posting on here, so for once I am hopeful. I am also going to try and Vlog my…
