Back to work :-(
Well, back to work today after a week and a half off. I am tired already and just want to go home. Is it too much to ask for a lottery win so I can open my book shop? Well, back to the grind.
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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…
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…
Challenge = Fail!
Well obviously the “August” challenge is out of the window, from the beginning I didn’t stick to it like the last time. I may have to try again another month? Problem is I am getting ever closer to the day I start back at Uni for my final year, which is going to be really…
Creative thinking….
Where do you do your creative thinking? I have an office and this is where I should be doing my work but I made the mistake of filling my “man cave” with stuff! When I am in here supposed to be working I end up watching TV or browsing or playing games. Occasionally I do…
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
A few weeks ago for the first time I attended a midnight launch of a book, although I live in a small town the shop was quite full as it approached midnight, it was strange being in there at that time. The staff were doing their thing to keep people interested and it was quite…
NaNoWrMiMo Writing meetup
I may not be doing the NaNo now but I have come to one of the last meet ups. It feels strange to have a few people sat round a table and no one talking, I almost feel like I should be making conversation. But the idea of these meet ups is to write, with…
Nano
So, its almost September. Two months until the crazy people start that mad dash to complete 50k words in a month. I have attempted this feat for the last two years and coincidentally both years I have stalled at around 11k words. I am determined that this year I will not fail, so I am…
Multipass
This weekend is Tough Guy Nettle Warrior, the twice yearly race that separates the men (Tough Guy) from the boys (Tough Mudder) I look forward to marshalling this race, and spending time with the people down there. Not just because of the chance to play with cameras and get some amazing pictures, but I get to…