Not a great week from a writing perspective, just 3,619 words. Most of my spare time was taken up with a new day job project. It isn’t the least productive … Read More
An Honourable Result
I found out on Wednesday that my story, Rainshine, received an honourable mention in the 3rd quarter round of the Writers of the Future Contest. Now, obviously that’s not a win. … Read More
Monday Metrics – 23rd September 2013
All Glitch all the time. Thanks to two surprisingly good days, I managed 5,840 words on Glitch this week, bringing the total word count up to 8,702 (plus 1,000 words … Read More
Monday Metrics – 16th September 2013
After a slow start, last week turned out to be very productive – 7,267 words. That’s my second most productive week of the year, my best being the 8,871 word … Read More
Racing Weight
Today I hit my “racing weight” and by that I mean the completely arbitrary and suspiciously round 160 lbs I picked at the start of our training. One of the things … Read More
A Cartoonist’s Advice
Zen Pencils has some excellent advice from Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson – well worth a read and particularly pertinent for me at the moment. I love Calvin and Hobbes, … Read More
Monday Metrics – 9th September 2013
As expected, not a very productive week, writing wise, although at 3,923 words it’s not my least productive week and I hit day 70 in my writing streak. Apart from … Read More
We Have a Winner – The Bone Boy
Getting any writing done this week was always going to be a challenge. I have a couple of secret prototypes underway for my day job, I’m giving a keynote presentation … Read More
Hugos 2013
I’ve decided to try and lighten my writing workload by taking today off (from my day job) so I’ve just got time to congratulate this year’s Hugo Award winners. Sorry … Read More