The decline in Computing in schools

I was reading the news today on the BBC and noticed their article about the falling numbers in students completing the Computing qualification. It seems that in the last few years there has been a steady decline in the numbers of students completing this course. It’s strange to think that when the Computing course was…

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NaNo update 1

Less than two months, the emails have started from NaNo and the regional group I am in has started trying to get some venues for write ins sorted. I am planning now that I have picked a story idea, although I am constantly itching to go back to a SciFi story. But I really want…

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It’s the end….. of 2022

I am an easily led person when it comes to writing. If I am watching/reading fantasy I really want to write fantasy. If I am watching/reading science fiction then I want to write that too. I always think it is a good idea to have a project of each on the go for this reason,…

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NaNo Update

Short one as I want to do some writing before I turn in for the night. 9 Days in and I am a few thousand behind, I need to try and do a little more for the next few days and then at the weekend have a long sprint to bring myself back on track….

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2024

It is now the latter half of January, that point when Christmas is long in the past and you are desperate for payday. roll on this Friday so I can have money again. November and NaNo came and went, I didn’t put in enough time before so not enough planning was done. Early on in…

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Sleep……

Don’t you hate it when you know you have a busy say but cannot get to sleep, I went up and did fall asleep but woke up not long after and proceeded to not be able to get back to sleep. I shifted around for a while and then just came down stairs. Now I…

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Accountability

Nanowrimo season rapidly approaches, as well as planning for this to ensure I have a good outline to complete a novel this year I am working on a small short story project for Christmas. Something I have also been meaning to get done for many years. To try and help with the planning phases for…

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What now….

NaNo is done, I have a couple of A4 printed versions of my book (13th Earth – Before the Dawn) so I can do some red penning and start to try and sort it out, I think I will set myself some goals and try to get it into a place where I can self…

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