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NanoWrimo 2011 — or write a novel in 30 days…
After a couple of years break, I am participating in NanoWrimo 2011. The now long-held online tradition sees writers all over the world take on the slightly mad task of writing a 50,000 word novel in the month of November. … Continue reading
The Invention of Lying… our Apple TV first
We got an Apple TV last week. It’s an amazing little device that fits in the palm of your hand and sits next to the TV as classy looking as any AV component. It has a variety of functions (and … Continue reading
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Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities… what a disappointment
After my much hit “Underbelly character guide”, I kept thinking I needed to write something about the new Underbelly series, and I kept thinking that I really needed to write something about the series. But since it finished last night, … Continue reading
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Back off Delicious!
I don’t mind the fact that a lot of my blog posts recently (well, most, I admit it,) have been delicious links. I mean, it’s old school blogging really, links and commentary and all that. But I’ve let my proper … Continue reading
Productivity
This is what I call productivity: On the train, to and from work, I wrote 2100 words of my new fiction project. About 1100 in the morning, and another thousand on the way home. Quite happy with that. Making good … Continue reading
Oscars 2009
Watched the Oscars last night, doing my usual semi-inexplicable obsessive view of the whole event. For the first time ever they were shown live here, in mid afternoon, and then repeated at night in a cutdown version. That probably explains … Continue reading
Lunch and severe heat
Apparently this day’s one for the records, but we have plans so we survive easily. Lunch for Wayne’s birthday a week early, and keeping indoors to beat the heat. It’s awful to see how badly things have gone in Victoria … Continue reading
Review: Gran Torino
I’ve been a bit lax with these in the last few weeks, just coasting on link-blogging, which isn’t terrible, but of course, there should be more. Saw a preview of Gran Torino not too long ago. In what might just … Continue reading
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I think I just finished my novel today
Well, first draft only, but still, to do this in less than three months (while having a fulltime job, a family and a life), is just astounding. It pleases me immensely. Of course, now the task of revising and rewriting…
Hitting a magic milestone
Just clocking up a late one (as usual) and I’m about to hit a pretty magic milestone… In November, I started the National Novel Writing Month thing… then I proceeded to only get 25,000 words done in that month, so … Continue reading