Assignment 1
Finish reading the first book and have started doing Assignment 1, Now, why do I want to be a writer?
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Baby Names Rant!
I can be quite an opinionated person, for those of you that know me you are probably rolling your eyes now…. I was reading a news item in the November copy of Writing Magazine called Name Dropping. It was talking about Charles Dickens giving his characters strange last names and then talking about celebs calling…
The Writers Bureau
I got tired of the endless Procrastination and the debilitating self doubt so I have signed up with the Writers Bureau for the Comprehensive Writing Course, I know some people do not like that sort of course but when people are useless like me at getting in gear and need the kick up the butt…
Solo – A Star Wars Story
So last night me and a friend went to see the new Star Wars Anthology film from Director Ron Howard and with main cast actors Alden Ehrenreich, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover and Paul Bettany. This new Science Fiction (or Fantasy if you lean that way) film is the latest in Disney’s plethora of…
Linux Commands – Nslookup
I have been “learning” Linux for some time now, but to get myself more familiar I have installed it on a Laptop I have and another pc. One of my file servers has also been installed with the command line only version, this is to force me to learn the commands and then to remember…
The Founder, mini review Warning Spoilers ahead
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….
It’s the weekend!!
It’s the weekend again and a mate has been round so we have been watching a film, and Big Brother of course. Because of this I have been delayed doing my Blog post for the 2nd, but as I am still awake I am going to count this for the post so I haven’t missed…
NaNoWriMo 2015
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…
3rd June 2017 – Camp NaNoWriMo July 17
I have tried several times to get myself sorted ready for Camp Nano and not managed to get anything ready. The next is July so I am determined to get something ready, a realistic target for myself to get into gear for November (a long way off I know but it will soon come around)…
September NaNo
So I was a bit premature saying I could try this for August, the main reason I consistently fail NaNo is lack of planning. Added to that I am going to be helping a friend edit his book over the next few weeks so I think I need to use the time to do some…