Post Nano

It’s the 6th December so this is a bit late but happy to say that I managed to complete NaNo 2018. Really happy that I managed to keep it going this year. I had steady progress throughout the month. I also think that this year the writing group and the Darlo NaNo group were a…

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The BT Phone Book

I was wondering today about the phone book, I dont know where it is in my house as it isnt something that we bother with anymore. We have the numbers we need in our phones and any other number can usually be found using the internet. I was reading an article on writing the other…

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Shopping and Shoes!

So I went shopping today with the wife and 10 year old daughter…… I am not the best person to go shopping with I have the attention span of a child when they are walking round looking at clothes. The ten year old daughter is like the typical woman, picking up pair after pair of…

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Nom de plume

“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…

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Remarkable…

I have spent the last few weeks watching videos on Readers and eInk displays. I have a Kindle Scribe coming and today I have just ordered the Remarkable Paper Pro. A very expensive device and between the two that’s over 1k I have spent in a couple of purchases. I am banking a lot on…

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It’s the weekend!!

It’s the weekend  again and a mate has been round so we have been watching a film, and Big  Brother of course. Because of this I have been delayed doing my Blog post for the 2nd, but as I am still awake I am going to count this for the post so I haven’t missed…

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Writing

I think the only constant I have is this blog, even though I am aware no one reads it yet. I try to get to it more but I have a memory like a sieve. I need to put more effort into Writing, otherwise I will not achieve anything. I was saying to a writer…

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Hi, my name is Graham…

I’ve been told I have a problem, my family hasn’t gone as far as an intervention but I always feel they are on the verge. I am on course talking about my addiction to buying books. I saw a meme a while ago that said book buying and book reading were two different hobbies and…

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Stuff

It’s been a while so I thought I had better make an effort to get something posted. When logging in there were several comments to approve…… spam obviously but you have to wonder what kind of idiot thinks these up, or falls for them. Seriously it is vague useless crap that tries to make it…

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