Best laid plans and all that….
I have done it again. Less than a day from my sweeping statement and instead of doing a load of writing planning I was going to do today I have been playing games for the most of the day. Sometimes I wish I could slap myself in the face, although I had a fun day…
Fear the walking dead
I have just finished watching the first two episodes of the spinoff from the Walking Dead. the original series although by no means the first post apocalyptic series to air, it seems to have taken off in a big way, hugely popular and one of the best series I have watched for a while. I…
Sad writing magazine news
Some sad news in the world of writing and magazines. It’s not like people found out from any kind of announcement, I hadn’t seen an official announcement on the internet. The latest issue came out and in the editor’s message he broke the news that this magazine was the last and the publisher had decided…
My Sci-Fi Universe
A while ago I started creating a universe full of races and alliances so that I could then create stories and novels all based in the same universe, this would allow me to introduce characters and civilisations in shorts or novels and then let them cross over. Something that I have seen in others writing…
Results day
Well its results day for my kids, and i’m dissapointed again. I love my kids but I can’t sem to drill in how bad things are in the real world, they just do the bare minimum and then when they fail say things like, “I don’t know what I can do” What can I do…
Blog 3 – 3rd September 2015
Sat down to do tonight’s writing and I am struggling to stay awake, but I was determined to get something down so I can try and keep up with this challenge. I am away Sunday/Monday so will also have to make sure I try and keep up with it then as well. Quite happy that…
World of Warcraft Loses 1.3 Million Subscribers in Q1
An article on Pc Mag website is reporting that in Q1 Blizzards MMORPG World Of Warcraft lost 1.3m subscribers, the game reached an all time high in 2010 with 12m but has dropped considerably since then. As is always the case with news sites there is the usually talk of the game being in trouble…
A Happy Biker
Got rid of my baby a few months ago because of financial reasons, and as the weather starts to turn I began to get depressed…… I have scraped the barrel to get something to get me on the road again, tomorrow I go to pick up my new baby, not quite as pretty but a…
The Writers Workout, Christian Katz
This is a book I got from Helmsley last year, another tool I have decided I can use in my quest to do more writing this year. It is 366 tips, tasks and techniques from your writing career coach. As it is a nice round number I am going to use this weekend to catch…