There's a school of thought which states: "Nothing good comes easy." Part of me thinks: "No shit Sherlock." Another part, the one pacing back and forth scratching its head, asks: "Yeah but how do you know it's good even after doing the hard part? And how hard should it be in order for it to …
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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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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 …
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 