The week off is nearly done, I am in Norwich at the moment as me and some friends have been here to see another friend, this morning I will do the drive back home. I hope it is better than the drive down, that journey took 7 1/2 hours, instead of 4 1/2 because of…
I have joined a few writing groups over the years and they all end up where no one talks for weeks on end and nothing seems to happen. So, this year I started a writing group with a fellow writer from one of the other groups. Called Northern Writers, I didn’t want to have something…
I should be asleep…….. I have Uni in the morning and yet it is 2am I have spent my time re installing the OS on my New (old) HP 2710p This is a Laptop/Tablet. I love this thing, I got it as I do not like using the netbook so I am giving that to…
Well it’s time, Saturday is Batman day. Off to see it with a friend, cannot wait! Have to say the first batman was fantastic, then the franchise went downhill to that catastrophe Batman & Robin………. The reboot was a master-stroke, absolutely love Nolans version of Batman. It is a pity that this latest one is…
This rant is brought to you from the Writing Magazine (August 14) the article was called Think of the Children. It covers an author called Loraine Mace and the books she wrote starring Vlad the Inhaler, this is a YA fantasy book with vampires in it. Seems she was subject to the age old fools…
I have been doing NaNo for 12 years and in that time I have managed to finish twice. this year I decided I needed some motivation after watching a video on how to incentivize yourself. I bought a £50 voucher for Amazon and then gave it to my wife. I told her if I finished…
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…
In a not so surprising move the US Government has sent a latter to Defence Distributed suggesting that publishing the plans was in violation of arms control regulations. I’m not sure what they think the point is, as up to now they have been downloaded over 100,000 times, and even though the company have took…