by Neil | Feb 10, 2008 | Gadgets, Interzone, Life, Personal, rambling post that goes all over the place
Not much writing getting done this weekend. Yesterday I spent most of the day searching London for an Asus EEE that wasn’t white, and I failed. I’ve had several recommendations that this is a great ultra-portable (with the caveat you change the OS) and...by Neil | Feb 4, 2008 | Fiction, Personal, rambling post that goes all over the place, Thoughts, time for a change, Writing
Decisions. They’re funny things. While I was back in Wales I kind of reached a decision, that being I really need to finish my story Priest for both my sanity and to put into the kind of state where it can be shown to people without embarrassment. After all...by Neil | Feb 1, 2008 | entry coming soon, Free Online Fiction, Life, rambling post that goes all over the place, Thoughts, Writing
Hope everyone’s ok. It’s back to Wales for me this weekend, a brief trip to see family and also try to make a dent in the redraft of Priest (I also need to give it a better title). I won’t lie: I’m very frustrated that I’m not getting...by Neil | Jan 22, 2008 | Art, Blog, rambling post that goes all over the place, Random, Thoughts, Writers, Writing
Mister Peace, one of the earliest friends of this blog, has passed me a meme-disseminated award: A Roar for Powerful Words. The award was created by The Shameless Lions Writing Circle to spread awareness of good and powerful writing on the Internet. Thanks Mister...by Neil | Jan 12, 2008 | Comedy, hairdresser, Life, Personal, rambling post that goes all over the place, Random, Thoughts
So I had my haircut. It takes me a long time to work my way up to getting sheared, ever longer as I get older. I have an appalling record with hairdressers. But it was getting to the stage where it was haircut or hairband and really, if I’d left it any longer,...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...