by Neil | May 25, 2008 | House, Life, Personal, raining inside the house is bad, rambling post that goes all over the place, Random, The Woodsman, Thoughts, why is it always me, Writing
Well, that was a tougher week than I was expecting. It’s funny isn’t it? You get back from holiday and you always expect it to be a bit of a shock to the system but no matter how hard you prepare it’s always a shock in an unexpected way. So it goes I...by Neil | Feb 24, 2008 | Art, Blog, House, Life, Personal, rambling post that goes all over the place, The Woodsman, Writing
It’s been a quiet weekend following last week’s frenetic pace, in between spending time with G, I’ve spent a fair bit of it working on The Woodsman. Chapter two has been tweaked and generally mucked about with until it resembles something a bit...by Neil | Jan 1, 2008 | Aphelion, Eastercon, Family, House, Jupiter, Life, Neil Gaiman, Orbital 2008, Personal, rambling post that goes all over the place, Random, Short Stories, The House, Writing
Well it’s now 2008. 2007 was a funny year. I got to travel to new places (Paris, Washington, Hong Kong, Hamburg). I got to be embarrassing in front of one of my favourite writers…several times. I spent the first year in my own house (kind of – I...by Neil | Oct 15, 2007 | House, Life, why is it always me, Why you shouldn't give me power tools
So for the interested the above is the incident I have been referring to. Our toilet became completely blocked as Thursday and due to us having had recently had work carried out on the drain we got the same company out to sort it. The emergency plumber didn’t...by Neil | Sep 24, 2007 | House, Neil Gaiman, rambling post that goes all over the place, Susanna Clarke
I realise I promised not to talk about the house anymore but I have finally got heating! Yes if my life gets anymore exciting I may pass out. – It’s taken eight days (it’s meant to take five tops). – We’ve gone through two boilers, two...by Neil | Sep 19, 2007 | House, Life, plumbing, Rejection, Writing
There are some days when you just wish you’d never got up: I poured coffee all down myself on the way in, standing all the way on the train. The plumber has discovered our drains are leaking into the soil and brick work at the rear of the house, this may have...