Links

So I have been playing with my blog, and added some links to my fav sites, there much more intresting than my page. Go read


Your back are you, thats nice.

Sunny days

I love the sun, well not to much or that will be idolitary. But yesterday the sun shone, and we descended on Wollaton Park. As a child I spent a lot of time there, its a nice big park and had a great adventure play ground. Also when it snowed every one in Nottingham descened to sledge down the hill. It has happened once, and I am waiting for the next time. Since I got older, I have been there less and less, and so for the afternoon it was nice. After a chat about how Highlander relates to conquers we got there.


So we descended, chatted and watched a game of cricket. a Kite was flown and people took photos. Good times were had by all, that were not to last. It got cold, the sun went behind the clouds and we went to church.

What am I talking about, not sure. Just wanted to talk about it.

its done

After a little under 27,000 words, 15 days and two sprained wrists my book is done. Time to edit

Spam

I love spam emails, at work I get a lot of them, and apart from the ones that offer to increase my weekly income, which is fine. I get ones from Africa asking for the use of my bank account. To be honest, most of the ones I get are so poorly worked out that they make me laugh. Firstly, judging by the amount of Spam I get, everyone in Africa is incredibly rich, and that whole starvation in Darfur is a load of lies. Secondly, the authors are so incapable of getting their facts right that in one I read, a bloke became a woman with two children, a boy and a girl, then she had a girl, and then the author had gone from being a she and had become a he again.

Okay Rant over

20k ish and a 100 pages

Ironically I have broken the 100 page mark on my book for this times comp, as well as hitting 20k, thats right 20k in six days. Not to bad in my opinion, ands thats with yesterday as a day off. Should have it finished by Saturday, if Englad allow me to that is.

Now when I say a hundred pages, its a 100 pages the size the book would be when finished. The size is about the size of your average mass market trade paperback. So I reckon that I may be looking at a 200 page book when I am done.

So going to be off now, Mock the week is on, and I need to laugh.

On the TV: Heroes, again. Got the dvd of series 1 on import, i love heroes. I think its one of the best things in recent years and ranks up there with Firefly, Alias and Lost as well as UK hits like Doctor Who, and Hustle. Only down side is i wish I had written it.

On the IPod: Hard Fi, Once upon a time in the west. Not to sure, liked most of thier first album, which had some good tracks, but in all its not that good yet, however a few more listening shall get my opnion sorted.

17K and counting.

So my orginal target of 50K of words is begining to look a bit redicoulus, I reckon that my reestimate should be around the 30 to 35K target. Not that I am fussed,I want my book to be great, and to win. Not being stuck in development as it never getd anywhere as I insist on getting to 50k.

I am enjoying it as characters are suddely doing things unexpectdly, and I think they may be making out when I am not looking. Characters these days.

Anyway this was only a brief post to let you know how I am going.

10k wahoo

So in the last few hours I have finished ten thousand words, which has been my target for the day. Though I could write another couple of thousands I won't I have other things to do. So I am off for the day, and tomorrow, I am going to see if I can get to to 13 or maybe 14k

8k done, 2K to go

So since the last post at half ten, I have written another five thousand words so I am on course to get to 10K :) Its coming along, and I am happy with it, but I am already eager to get to the rewrite phase and this is after only writing about a 1/5th of the book. Oh dear.

In the mean time I have bought three new Doctor Who novels featuring David Tennant as Doctor number 10 and Martha Jones played by Freema, may start one later. Anyway I am off now to watch the last of the time lords. see you after 10K

3k done, 7k to go

As I mentioned in my earlier post, I am entering the Times write a kids book comp. Well I have a half decent plot, and set my self a target, today I am aiming to write 10,000 words. I began at 8 in the morning and 2 and a half hours later, I have written 3k. Not bad, but I want to get to 5k before I get some food.

On the ITunes: How to save a Life by a band called The Frey. I have heard this song one and off as I walked into the warehouse at work, love it. Go buy. you know you want to.

Oh and last night I lost completly at bowling, it was rather impressive.

Right back to work. see you when I hit ten k