I am a jack of all trades and master of none. For a long time now I have started and not finish many things, I have taken many things on as hobbies and done little with all of them, basically a convoluted form of procrastination. Below is what I have been doing with my time…
Would you trust this man? Kidding, this is my older brother, he came to mine to build a fence for me, I was doing the very important job of labourer, I leave the planning and DIY up to him. I always laugh as I am the only one of my family to be technically minded,…
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…
The book has arrived and I have started it. It’s very strange starting to read and book with the knowledge that I am not likely to be seeing Dragons or space flight. But this could be a good thing, reading books that are in genres that I would normally not read. On with the challenge…
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 have an impressive collection of “how to” books and every time I am out and I see a new one I will invariably buy it. I flick through them and add it tot he shelf. As part of the drive to actually do something now I am going to work through them. Maybe this…
Failed!!! Although to be fair I have been planning a new novel, I think the choosing to do this last minute was a bad idea, I need to make sure I need to have it planned out for the next one so I can get it done. The next one is in July so…
A friend of mine that I regularly talk to about writing has just finished his second book (1st was self published) in all of the time it has taken him to write these two books I have…. wait for it…. written less than one short story in the universe I have been busily planning. It…
Get off your ass and start writing, seriously! This is what I need to be tattooed on my forehead, so every morning when I look in the mirror it’s the first thing I will see. I have a dream…. I am sure someone somewhere said that. My dream however is to be a published writer….
I have been hearing since this film came out that it is terrible, one of the biggest flops of the year, this has made me lethargic about seeing it. But it was never going to stop me as I am fond of saying and as some friends point out I am easily pleased. Unfortunately, this…
