That time of year has finished again. Our favorite holiday in this house. Our kids have grown up and had kids of their own but this doesn’t stop us from celebrating Christmas like we always have. For the last few months (or so) we have been watching Christmas movies. Decorations were up in November before…
I have done it again. Less than a day from my sweeping statement and instead of doing a load of writing planning I was going to do today I have been playing games for the most of the day. Sometimes I wish I could slap myself in the face, although I had a fun day…
Well its results day for my kids, and i’m dissapointed again. I love my kids but I can’t sem to drill in how bad things are in the real world, they just do the bare minimum and then when they fail say things like, “I don’t know what I can do” What can I do…
My last post was on Oct 9th and was full of plans and hope. that hasn’t come to pass as I am sure you are shocked to learn. Instead a combination of lack of planning (despite starting at a time that gave me plenty of time) not feeling 100% and other commitments I haven’t managed…
Because I have a splash of OCD it has always bothered me that some of my book collections are different formats or different sizes. As I like to keep my books and am building a nice collection for certain series I want to make sure I have a really nice, uniform collection. I am wanting…
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…
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)…
I was talking to a friend today and he notices I have a notebook in my shirt pocket his comment was “don’t you have two phones” when i nodded he laughed and called me a strange blend of Nerd and Noob…… Maybe it’s a writer thing but I cannot seem to enjoy making notes on…
“An assumed name used by a writer instead of their real name; a pen-name:” Oxford Dictionary I will start this by saying I understand why some writers feel the need to use a pen name, maybe they are are writing in a genre they are not usually known for. Or they want to see how well…