Wahay

Well I have just written the 25,000th word on my book. I am quite pleased about that. A lot more to go. I just wanted to shout about it. It's feel nice. However now comes the long slog as I get to 50,000 and then the ending which I am aiming to come in around the 80,000 to a 100,000 word mark.

incessant drumming

So how good was the latest episode of Dr Who. I enjoyed it, and I keep finding myself drumming. Just tapping away, in the style that John Simm did on the cabinet table.

In other news, I went to the Cricket today, Notts won by six wickets, which sounds like a lot, where as in reality we had three balls of our twenty overs left, and we got the single run needed to get us past Lancashire's total of 163. The match was entertaining, thought I must admit that I never quite under stood the fact, the security stewards removed some inflatable (not stuffed as I proclaimed) animals that were being thrown around to good effect. Why, is it PC gone mad. I don't know.

In good news, I am plotting out a seires of four books and six half parts of a tv show, I have been thinking about since watching Heroes. It's a nice, I just need that spark to make it go work. It will come. I hope.

READING: Just finished Casino Royale by Ian Fleming, though the book and the film share a similar plot and characters, their is a big difference. This is due to the time of the writing and fliming. When written in the early fifties Russia was the big enemy, with people waiting for the comunist empire to sweep all aside. While now adays we have no real enemies like that, just terrorist. Despite this I found it enjoyable though a little dull as the plot was convulted, however I did learn a new card game, Baccarart, which I am itching to try out.

WATCHING: The 4400 seaon 1. I picked this up ages ago from simths and I have finally gotten round to watching it. Billed as the new X Files, I am kind of dissapointed as it has a goof potential (IE 4400 people go missing all over the world (all of which are american) and then reappear, changed) but yet the first episode has a lot to work on. Other .han that, its Star Wars.

Now bed,

Hello,

So I didn’t win the Doctor Who competition, not bummed or ought, it would have been nice, but there is always next time. Rejection is part of the game. I shall soon be buying some webspace and plonking it on there for you all to read.

In other news I have met Steven Savile recently. He is the author of a trilogy of books for Games Workshop that deal with the Von Carstien family, all who have tried to invade and conquer the empire, and did I mention they were Vampires. Now I am not a big fan of these books, as I find them rather predictable, due to them being based on established background, that I have known about for ten years. However despite this I enjoyed his writing, and looking forward to his next Black Library novel. He was nice and signed my books, and we had five minutes to chat. He offered a bit of advice, which was better than your standard, read widely and write a lot, which also happens to be good advice. So I am pumped about writing,

So much so that I have been busy tapping away on my novel, not especially pleased about what I have written, but I need to rewrite all most of all of it. The novel’s plot I think is interesting, but will appeal to a niche audience. I am not sure if I am going to submit it, but we shall see.

I have also been tapping away on ideas for a fantasy world, its coming along fine, and its been highly amusing thinking up of names. I quite like Ja’Khan, however if it stays as a name we shall see. My script has finished the rewrite, and now is with a few people who are reading it. I am now waiting for their response. Its been an enjoyable rewrite, as I learnt another writing tip from the Master of the Screen Russell T Davies. I learnt such a big thing that I could keep redrafting, and never get to the point of where I can say something is done. So it will soon be submitted, and we shall see if it gets picked up.

I have just finished reading the Beach by Alex Garland, now I have raved about this book, and its truly is great, however the ending seemed a bit rushed and jilted. You’ve read three hundred odd pages, and it all kicks off in the final fifty pages. This is my only major critcism on the book I enjoyed.

Watching, of course it has to be Doctor Who. Steven Moffarts episode Blink was scary. The surprise ending of Utopia had me in awe. Oh how a week seems such a long time. Still no harm in a little wait. I had to wait sixteen years to get a doctor.

Anyway bed, now. See you all soon.