I left my teenage life behind 19 years ago, yet it has taken that long to fully understand the meaning of "meh." There are fancy words for this expression - disillusionment, apathy, indifference, stoicism, lethargy, disinterest...choose your favourite from a thesaurus near you. These days they all mean the same thing, meh, and it's a …
What a pain in the hip!
As a writer I used to spend long periods of time sat down. Years ago I could sit at my PC for hours, all night sometimes, writing away, enjoying the sights and sounds of Imaginationland. But now I can barely stand to be seated (LOL) for more than 2 hours because of the agony burning …
Newmarket Tesco – Speed Bump Idiocy!
Recently my local Tesco in Newmarket has added a speed bump to its car park. Okay, I admit that's not the most attention grabbing opening line, but bear with me, dear blog reader, the reason for my rant will come clear soon enough. Normally my opinion of this car wrecking Health & Safety Induced Hysteria …
NaNoWriMo – What’s your Go To writing food?
NaNoWriMo is a time for gorging yourself on a diet of words, characters, plots, twists and turns. It can be a huge challenge, an uphill struggle that pushes your abilities and stamina to the limit. I wonder how many fellow Wrimo's have given much thought about how to fuel their word engines, other than gulping …
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NaNoWriMo – And We’re Off!
It's all go for NaNo! I'm off to a shaky start with the big event! So far I've managed to crank out 2,150 words. I had hoped to get a lot more done today but I've been a tad pre-occupied with editing my long-term writing project, The Range. My plan for NaNo 2012 is to …
Dave Farmer 