it has finally happened…. I bought a new iPod a while ago and despite always taking the mick out of Apple I love how smooth the use is. So this week I got myself an iPad 4 and I just took the plunge and bought a MacBook Pro. I am also looking at getting an…
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…
While cataloguing my books I noticed one called Wizard at Large by Terry Brooks, I read the synopsis and really liked the sound of it, but as it always seems to happen it seems that was in the middle of a series. I looked them up online and found them all on Amazon. I ordered…
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…
“Whatever you say, say it with conviction” -Mark Twain It’s ok for your first draft to be crappy, I think I have taken this particular advice to heart… allot of my first drafts are terrible. But using the ethos of NaNoWriMo I use the first draft as just a way to get the story on…
Just outside the village where I live the town leisure centre sits, I went up there with my camera a week or so ago and took some pictures, this is one of them. Next the the Leisure Centre there is a farm and in the middle of the field there is an old rundown house,…
Susan Cooper – The Dark is Rising There are few books from my actual childhood that stand out. I’m not talking about late teens but when I was younger. I would equate these to the current generation talking about Harry potter. The first of these is The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper, this is…
I have been regular (until now) with posts on this blog and I have slowly moved forward a bit with writing. I have been watching a motivational video every day and it helps a bit. I do need to start planning my time better so that I am making more time for actual writing. I…
I have been watching the big brother series this year and as usual its full of really strange people, this year it United kingdom of big brother and the people are supposed to be normal people from all over but I shudder to think that this is a representative of our country. There are a…
