We all have hopes and dreams. From whimsical yet often unrealised New Years Resolutions such as quitting smoking or taking up a hobby, to life long ambitions like planning a trip of a life time to a far away destination, or accomplishing a goal like swimming with dolphins or climbing a big mountain. Everyone has …
Category: Writing
Zombies don’t write!
After all the horrendous things zombies are accused of, writing shouldn’t be one of them, right? Sure, their constant craving for human flesh can be a huge buzzkill, and when gathering in vast numbers their collective groan is far from a choir of perfection. But what they lack in basic communication, cleanliness and manners, they …
The Next Big Thing
I'm honoured to be tagged in The Next Big Thing blog hop by PiP at Piglet In Portugal - and offer my thanks for considering me worthy of being tagged. As is the way with various types of blog tagging, the person tagged simply answers 10 questions about them and then suggest others to do …
NaNoWriMo – Winning & Excerpt from The Survivors
Compared to my 80,000 word boombastic word marathon of NaNoWriMo 2011, this year it feels like I barely limped across the finishing line with 57,000 words. In 2011 I set out with a vague idea of where I was going with my story, yet in 2012 I knew exactly what I wanted to write. You'll …
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Summer Gardens are relaxing right?
Forgive me for making an assumption here, but I'm guessing that when the summer sun is beaming it's hard to ignore the lure of your own garden, right? If you ignore the other options like shopping, swimming, heading for the beach, hiking (blergh) and watching TV (for those who shun the sun at all costs), …
Dave Farmer 