Preptober
It’s October 9th and I am cracking on with Preptober. I have found a new writer that does youtube videos and resources to help other writers, her details are below. Sarra Cannon Website – https://heartbreathings.com/ YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCasYwEzMc7tjKuAS-vtDYPw One of the things she provided was a Preptober booklet and a booklet for planning your novel….

Almost a new year
It’s the 30th December 2024 and we have one more day before the dawn of a new year. I haven’t made any concrete plans for 2025 other than some sweeping goals I would like to achieve. The first one is to start regular writing and, in that vein, complete the first draft of Rise of…
Sigh…..
When I was writing everyday there was no literary gems as such but it was a way of getting me writing everyday, since I stopped doing that I have stopped doing everything. That isn’t what I was hoping to get from that exercise. I was hoping that would get me into a routine, suffice to…
Annoyed!!!
I just wrote a massive blog styled post and then when I tried to post it, something went wrong and I lost the whole thing….. The rage is threatening to take over, it is fast turning out to be a very frustrating day!
Scrivener and the Improbable, Impractical Word Processing Machine – Cheap Mans Version….
As is always the case with me I see what others are using and have to come up with a cheaper alternative as I just don’t have much disposable income. I came accross the below article and was suitably impressed. (Improbable, Impractical word Processor) Basically the writer has taken the new iPad and Razers new…
Procrastination and NaNo
“Anyone who procrastinates will find it difficult to get published. You have to work, every day, on improving your craft. Otherwise, you won’t improve” This quote was in Writing Magazine on October 19 by Vaseem Khan. It struck a chord with me as I am one of these people. I do the odd post on…
20th June 2017 – Writers Workout – Pound it out
“Whatever you say, say it with conviction” -Mark Twain It’s ok for your first draft to be crappy, I think I have taken this particular advice to heart… allot of my first drafts are terrible. But using the ethos of NaNoWriMo I use the first draft as just a way to get the story on…
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…