by Neil | Aug 19, 2008 | A fistful of Neils and a sprinkling of John, Personal, rambling post that goes all over the place, Random, Thoughts, Wales, Writing
If a forest is empty and a tree falls does it make a sound? I’m sure most people are familiar with that old trope but what if you have no memory of something that happened to you. Would it still have been you? What am I withering on about? Today I had what...by Neil | Aug 18, 2008 | Life, Personal, rambling post that goes all over the place, Thoughts, Writing
I haven’t been around much at all because I basically hit the wall last week. No I haven’t gone back to cycling and hit anything, I’m just exhausted. Consequently it was about all I could muster to get up, go to work and get home again. I slept for...by Neil | Aug 11, 2008 | Personal, rambling post that goes all over the place, Random, Thoughts
Not much from me over the weekend other than tweets. The reason of course was I went and did actual sociable things, for this weekend saw the launch of fellow F3er Gareth L Powell’s short story collection: The Last Reef and other stories. In addition to...by Neil | Aug 2, 2008 | Life, Murky Depths, Personal, rambling post that goes all over the place, Random, Reading, Thoughts, Why you shouldn't give me power tools, Writing
A property developer I am not. Today we’ve been working on the back bedroom – G wallpapering, me clearing and doing the heavy lifting. Frankly amazed at the job G is doing, decidedly underwhelmed by my own. So it goes. I’m hoping we’ll have...by Neil | Jul 29, 2008 | Friday Flash Fiction, Personal, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Thoughts, work, Writing
In yesterday’s post we left our intrepid blogger me pondering what to write and then read out on Friday. As I clawed through my brain and indeed made several aborted attempts to start the short story I had planned on writing, I learned an important lesson:...by Neil | Jul 27, 2008 | Life, Personal, rambling post that goes all over the place, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Seemed like a good idea at the time, Thoughts, Writing
I’m back. First off some apologies: as constant readers will know I intended to have content for Wednesday and Friday of last week but failed to live up to this promise. This was due to a combination of some technical problems with my Internet connection (my mobile...