Delays, Diversions and Other Distractions
I haven’t been doing a lot of writing lately. My New Year’s goals are slipping and even planning to do small amounts of writing has…not failed…but not been as successful [...]
The Nicest Rejection A Boy Could Get
Rejection is often such a horrible thing, stirring those deeply held feelings of just-not-good-enough and what’s-wrong-with-me. Usually I’m all on board with that and would happily seek out a tub [...]
The journey of a thousand words begins with a single letter
I read a book last week called One Small Step Can Change Your Life by Robert Maurer. If you’ve ever heard of the Kaizen philosophy, this book is for you. [...]
My Writing Goals for 2012
2012 has begun. I spent it by the ocean with a great group of people, eating lots of food, drinking lots of good alcohol and bidding farewell to the year [...]
Top Fives for 2011
Merry Christmas and all that. As the year limps its way to a close and trepidatiously peeks its nose over the ledge, I’m reflecting on my ‘Top Fives’ for 2011. [...]
What is it about men in uniforms?
I was on the hunt for hot men of the fictional variety, something to whet my reading appetite. I searched on GoodReads through a few of their lists (Best Gay [...]
Milestones or millstones?
Christmas is a little over a week away. After that comes New Year’s Day. A few short months later and it’ll be my birthday and then there will be other [...]
Why Conferences Are Good For People-watching And Character-farming
I’m attending a conference this week that unfortunately has been a bit hit and miss with the relevance of its content (to me. Others are much happier). This has provided [...]
Three Things That Have Been Great About This Weekend
It’s been a great weekend for me. Usually Saturdays and Sundays are filled with way too much today so that by the time the working week rolls around again, I’m [...]
NaNoWriMo Day One: The Joy of Writing
It’s 1 November which means NaNoWriMo has begun. Much joy. Yesterday I did a bit of GMC (not a very good job of it) and most of today worried that [...]