by Neil | Nov 8, 2008 | Life, Personal, rambling post that goes all over the place, Seemed like a good idea at the time, Thoughts, Writing
I’m a bit out of gas this week. Fellow Twitterers and people with insomnia will know I was truly suckered into the whole US election media madness but – despite my own misgivings – it was tremendous fun. I was sat on my sofa following on the TV,...by Neil | Oct 14, 2008 | Fiction, The Woodsman, Thoughts, Writing
…apparently, having done some research into the matter, UK and US publishers only really consider fantasy novels of around a 130,000 words or more, as shorter volumes don’t sell. A quick perusal of the local bookshop* seemed to bear this out with only...by Neil | Oct 7, 2008 | Comment, Life, media madness, Press commentary, Random, smart monkeys dumb animals, Thoughts
There’s no particular reason for the title other than it amused me. It’s a phrase I made up and have been generally using in conjunction with the latest fearmongering twat’s journalist’s piece on the current financial shenanigans. It seems like...by Neil | Sep 29, 2008 | Life, Personal, rambling post that goes all over the place, Random, Thoughts, Writing
I’ve just got back from Wales after a long weekend and am feeling pretty relaxed. I had intended to use the time off to get a whole bunch of writing related tasks done but it didn’t quite pan out as planned. I started well enough by looking at the...