Starting 2014

I didn’t make any resolutions this year, and for good reason…… A couple of weeks in and I haven’t really done anything I wanted to have started this year. I kept my resolutions or “goals” to myself as I new with Uni approaching the end I will need to devote my time to this to…

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100 Books challenge

I have decided as I am a massive bookworm I would like to take on a new challenge. We are at Blackpool at the moment and while browsing I came across the below article. https://www.businessinsider.com/100-books-everyone-should-read-amazon-goodreads-2015-3?amp= now looking at this list there are some I have already read and a lot that is out of my…

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Captain, my Captain

So this is the first post in a while that isn’t going to be droning on about writing or relearning teach. I know crazy right… Instead, I felt the need to post an unpaid advertisement for a new drink I purchased tonight. Captain Morgans Tiki, it’s a Mango and Pineapple drink. I don’t usually do…

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Wow, over three months

Well…. Over 3 months since the last update and given the last one was NaNo related I find it bizarre that this one is coming close to the end of October, which means Pumpkin carving time.. oh, and NaNo!! So i have been off work for a week and I have one more day (Sunday)…

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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…

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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…

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Procrastination is winning

I keep reading in my writing books and magazines that I shout make an effort to write everyday. I have setup a desk downstairs so that i can write without bothering the wife when she wants to sleep. I still have not done any there yet. I really need to get my ass in gear…

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2019 Goals

It’s almost time for the obligatory plans/goals etc etc…… But this time it’s different….. he says! On a serious note, I have been very disgusted with the amount of time I have wasted this year on procrastination. Too much TV, films, sitting at my computer doing nothing much. I used to have kids or family…

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