As expected, results last week were pretty mixed but I did manage 4,034 words. The big chunk of words on Monday was due to the flight to San Francisco and … Read More
Michael Bunker on Indie Book Quality
I’m a bit late getting to this but Michael Bunker, author of (among other things) the Amish science fiction novel Pennsylvania has an interesting post up about the quality of Indie Books … Read More
Metrics Monday – 7th April 2014
After a couple of very successful weeks I only managed a measly 2,017 words last week – primarily thanks to my day job taking up most of my spare time. … Read More
Helen Lawrence
My wife and I enjoy going to the theatre. When we were living in England we’d regularly spend weekends in London attending interesting looking shows picked out of Time Out … Read More
Metrics Mondayish – 31st March 2014
Apparently, my OCD won’t let me skip this even though it’s very late. A very respectable 7,645 words including the 2,942 word first draft on a new story that is … Read More
Weekend Movies
We haven’t watched a lot of movies so far this year – mostly due to extra travelling, marathon training and more time spent writing. In an effort to correct that … Read More
Five Things I Learned Last Week
Another week down. Hugh Laurie is playing at the Orpheum in May. I have tickets. Matt Ahlschlager completed last year’s NaNoWriMo in one day. Yes, 50,000 words in one day. … Read More
Photo – Cyberman
[Photo – Cyberman by Philip Harris first appeared on Solitary Mindset on 29th March 2014]
Brief Thoughts on True Detective
My wife and I finally finished watching True Detective on Tuesday. She was out of town while it was on TV so we were watching it on demand and life is … Read More
Metrics Monday – 24th March 2014
Best. Week. Ever. And I’m not just talking about #ninjaTED. I made a concerted effort to break 1,000 words every day last week. The result – 8,170 words on The Ghost … Read More