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Back to the Well
Back when i first learned to write my skill was in poetry. But apart from a few small experiences i always felt that i was preaching to the converted. I would knock out stuff like this – Tidy room, tidy life. Tidy room, empty room. Empty room, empty life. For little purpose other than to…
Thus far…
Well ok, thus far pretty underwhelming i have to admit. Although this is more down to my inability to pimp my various friends lists and blow my own horn rather than anything else. Sit on my couch and ill happily tell you how awesome i am. But that skill doesn’t transfer online, harder to add…
First Timer
Well i did it…. And i have to say thus far using Kindle Direct Publishing is a doddle. Really just a few minutes clicking and done. I mean ok that doesn’t include the time writing it or editing it or just plain leafing through it and tweaking it or for that matter the time spent…
Oh What Have I Done
I got an email today informing me that my business plan has been accepted by the NEA. This means a bunch of things, firstly it means ill get a small grant for the first few months of my business, which is handy given how this all affects my various benefits. It also means i now…
Got a Logo!
Bless Jade. Any effort id have made would have been abysmal.
A Change of Pace.
I thought id take a break from my commune memories. After id done a few of them it gave me back the taste for writing. I went over some of my old stuff and realised my voice had changed. A bit of an issue when it came to my most worked on piece. So i…
Positively Ancient Stuff
Im gonna bung up three of my older pieces in one, its the middle section of my ‘Commune Run’. Im doing them in a bunch cos i dont rate them, but i wrote them so here you go. Uninvited Guests The various rooms in the commune had their own little bit of character, but what…
More Old Stuff
This is from my ‘Commune Memories’ set, i think its the only one thats also a self contained story. But thats probably because its a story ive told many times as its one of my Dad tales that sticks out. And unlike the time he and my uncle Mark dangled me over a banister by…
Old Stuff…
A long time ago i started randomly writing down my memories of early childhood. It struck me at the time that i had an almost unique upbringing and as the years went by my memories of it were fading so i bunged some of it down. Since i did this my writing has drastically improved,…
Water
So im a bit naff and havent been as regular as perhaps i should be. That being the case when i havent an original thought ill recycle bits and bats id written previously. Ill start with this one cos, well… I like it. Ive been thinking about my Dad a lot recently. No real reason…
I need a Logo
Well the title says it all really. Among the many bits and bats i have to sort out in order to go self employed i need a business logo. Now id be lying if i said i hadnt considered this. In fact ive had a rough idea what it would be for a long time,…
First of the Month!
Payday! Hurrah! No more looking at the diminishing toilet roll and hoping it lasts. Decent coffee instead of the emergency stuff. Freshly filled freezer and cupboard. Which of course is all a useful distraction from what i Should be doing. Not that i have much left to do, im just not close enough to finished…
Back to Reality… ish
Ok, no more games to play. Back to work. This mostly consists of staring at a blank screen. Im stuck on Bunker 5. It should be a doddle. So far The Bunker has been my tribute to old school, traditional, locked in British sitcoms and comedy’s. This particular story my plan was to take a…
Carcassonne
About ten years ago i saw a game on a shelf and bought it on a whim. It sat on my shelf for a few years, untouched, unconsidered. Then one day, on another whim, i pulled it out and with some friends worked out the rules and played a few games. Then a few more.…
No Excuses and Amnesty International…
Well its a bright sunny Monday and i have no excuses to procrastinate today. But that being said what im doing is research and editing which, lets face it, is dull. So in the place of me complaining about it im gonna cheat. And lucky me, i have tale thats relevant to a current news…
Reffing
I have an almost decent excuse to procrastinate today, reffing a game of Dungeons and Dragons. Im not really a ref, im a player. But finding even half way competent refs that are willing to do the job is nigh impossible. This is because players are gits. Most decent refs are jaded and beaten having…
Now What?
So theres a bunch of other things im advised to do if i want Laziness, what in the past i would call my novel but these days is just a long tale, to get anywhere. This Blog is one of them, and im giving it a go…. clearly. But another is twitter. I dont wanna.…
My First Blog Post (said to rhyme with babies new bib)
I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by ― Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt. There was an Oscar Wilde quote as the template place holder. I did for a moment consider having no quote at all but then it occurred to me that a, WordPress probably know what they are…
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