It’s been nearly two months, I thought I was at a place of regular writing but that hasn’t been the case. Camp Nano was a bust, I didn’t do much at all for it. I was chosen to be on a jury for the British Fantasy Society award, Best Anthology. So I have been reading…
I know I am not currently published, but I plan to be. So it’s quite worrying to read all of the news articles talking about how some publishers and magazines are demanding all rights when writers submit work to them. As much as I want to be published if I was to see something like…
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…
WARNING Spoilers ahead….. Ok, you have been warned. As part of my Cineworld Unlimited membership I get to see certain films slightly early than release. On the 9th Feb I went to see Michael Keaton’s new film “The Founder“. I am not sure what I was expecting when we booked this one but it didn’t disappoint….
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…
As you will have seen from previous post I have taken part in NaNoWriMo in November for the past 6 years, I have never took part in the April Camp NaNo event. This year I am going to, it is similar to November only, you set your own goals and depending on the genre you…
It’s getting to that time of the year again, I have started my prep for NaNoWriMo. This is a yearly challenge to write 50,000 word in 30 days, this will be the 5th year I have participated but hopefully the first year I complete it. Previously I have always been at Uni or otherwise too…
From a budding novelist I would say it would be a dream for a book that I wrote to still being read long after i pass, this is the case for many of the classics and today one of them is having a birthday of sorts, so while your celebrating the new year raise a…
I’m doing it again, I had a conversation with a friend today about magic systems and had just about decided to restart my NaNo project Dragon Lords. Then I read an excerpt from an upcoming book from a favourite author, this made me pick up my NaNo book 13th Earth – Before the Dawn, reading…
