Another year gone….. and an update.
Well, It was my birthday a couple of days ago. 39 now, on the slippery slope to the next major milestone. The day was spent with my wife and was going to be a Flamingo land visit, we got there to find it was nearing the end of a 2 week close down (I didn’t…
Google and the Pi
I often remark to my grown up kids (18,19) at the lack of skills with computers in their generation, when I was their age I was playing around in DOS and writing silly little programs in basic, that is the kind of thing that got me into wanting to work with computers. If the PC…
So much to do and so little time…..
I said this in my last post and I have realised that this is part of my problem, I have all of these goals and things I want to do. I think I get caught up on how I am going to get them all done and as a result I don’t get any of…
Cineworld Unlimited
Cineworld Cinemas have a scheme where you pay £17.40 a month and can go to the cinema as much as you like, this also includes 10% off food & drink and 25% off a few places to eat. I had this card before and really didn’t get the use out of it, Cineworld will have…
Why can’t I plan properly?
It’s really annoying, I know when things are due to start and yet I am never ready (writing related) I have been talking about Camp Nano for a few weeks and yet it was the start yesterday and although I have a bare outline I don’t have an outline and I have brought my material…
J K Rowling
Just been reading about Mrs Rowling and the potter series….. really does make me want to get writing and try and make a go of this for real. It would be my dream to see my shattered world books in bookshops and libraries. Well nano 14 is not far off….
NaNo failing
Well for all my planning it’s happening again. A mix of time to get the writing done and lack of planning. The first three chapters went quite well, but then I hit a wall and just didn’t know how to move the story forward. I have been stuck at this for days. As a result…
Sigh…..
When I was writing everyday there was no literary gems as such but it was a way of getting me writing everyday, since I stopped doing that I have stopped doing everything. That isn’t what I was hoping to get from that exercise. I was hoping that would get me into a routine, suffice to…