Category Archives: Novel

Metaspirational – The Princess Bride

Okay, so. Seriously, if you want to be a writer, or even if you want to want to be a writer, you need to make sure you’ve read the Princess Bride. I’m a big William Goldman fan ever since a … Continue reading

Posted in Fantasy, Nanowrimo, Novel, Stories, Writing | 4 Comments

Fimbulwinter Anyone?

I finally fucking did it. The scene that has been the bane of my existence for almost six months as been written, now I just need to remember how the Ragnarok bit goes (a question of research) and I’ve got … Continue reading

Posted in Accomplishment, Apocalypse, Dennis Wilson, Ending, Frost Troll, Gah, Hope, Joy, Mood, Music, Nanowrimo, Novel, Things the make me Smile, Wonderful, Writer's Block, Writing | 5 Comments

Slow Painful Progress – Moods and Trolls

So, I am still maintaining some kind of forward motion on the nano. I finally got the ball rolling again. Only problem is it’s going incredibly slowly. I kinda took the weekend off and spent most of it absolutely bladdered…or … Continue reading

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Big Blue Troll gone missing.

So. I’m at work, and I wasn’t planning on blogging today. I was hoping to write a couple of thousand words on the old novel. That’s right…I’ve finally had the burst of ideas I’ve been waiting for and I’m ready … Continue reading

Posted in Action, Action Films, Apocalypse, Frost Troll, How to write, I am an Artist, Idiot, Literature, Nanowrimo, Novel, Ramble, Storytelling, Strange, Swings and Roundabouts, Vikings, Weird, Writer's Block, Writing | 3 Comments

A Quantum Awakening – Scroedinger’s Vikings

Random research sometimes yields better results than anything specific. Following a link  on an article about the iPhone (current wordpress number one) led me to Schroedinger’s cat, which I’ve known about for years. Anyway, I looked at the related links … Continue reading

Posted in Being a 'writer', Big Brother, Creativity, Feeling Rough, Geekery, How to write, Internet, Investigation, Learning, Mild Mania, Nanowrimo, Novel, Quantum Physics, Science, Swings and Roundabouts, Thoughts, Vikings, Wikipedia, Writer's Block | 7 Comments

All these thoughts…..

So, this is going to be a bit scatty even by my standards. Loads of stuff keeps on flying through my mind the last few days…I’m just going to jot some bits and pieces down to keep the desperate howling … Continue reading

Posted in Abnormality, Accordians, Apocalypse, Art, Artistry, Being a 'writer', Blogging, boredom, Breakcore, Brighton, Creativity, Culture, Debate, Diary?, Environment, Everything, Evolution, Experiment, Fun, How to write, I am an Artist, I'm a Hippy, Incoherent, Learning, Literature, Mild Mania, Mood swings, Motivation, Music, Nonsense, Novel, Observations, Personal, Philosophy, Politics, Sahil, Sci-Fi, Science, Short Stories, Silliness, Stupid, Subversion, Swings and Roundabouts, Things that make me Smile, Time Bomb, Uncategorized, Weird, Weirdness, Werid, Writer's Block, Writing | 5 Comments

Something is in my Skull and I don’t want it there

Nanowrimo meet up last night. The big thank fuck its over celebration. Good times….but now my head is paying its dues. Its when the front of your head is in agony and it feels like your brain is actually trying … Continue reading

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Mania Descends Upon Me – And I’m feeling good

So, lots of little bits make for a boring but necessary post. Well…I need it..and I feel I’ve been far to inactive the last week considering the number of hits I’ve had. Anyway, Nanomania, depression, excitement, lack of sleep, being … Continue reading

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