by Neil | Dec 31, 2011 | Diary, Personal, Writing
2011 is done. Shit. Insert sands of time cliche here. There are lots of reason to dislike 2011: financial meltdowns that roll on and on, riots, large swathes of the world still embroiled in conflict, large swathes of the population still living in abject poverty that...
by Neil | Dec 30, 2011 | Cool stuff, Music, video
Recovering from lurgy and post novel/end of year ennui. In the meantime, have some music. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP9pnSXhibw] For dreaming nerds everywhere.
by Neil | Dec 5, 2011 | Diary, Personal, Writing
Let’s see: a writing update. When last seen I had just completed the 2nd draft of Forever. I’m in the process of doing a short tidy pass before handing the manuscript to my first couple of test readers. This should only take a couple of days (cold not...
by Neil | Dec 4, 2011 | Cool stuff, Music, video
The Cohen classic, covered to varying degrees of success over the years, suffers more often than not from people not interpreting the lyric correctly. Tim Minchin and Geraldine Quinn do not have this problem in this great raw version from Edinburgh ’05. They...
by Neil | Nov 20, 2011 | Diary, Writing
I finished the second draft of Forever today. It’s been a difficult slog and a pretty tough year writing wise. Somehow I lost my way and by chance I was recently reminded again of Heinlein’s rules. I have determined to note them down here, in my study and...
