Sunday 11th November 2018 Today I’ve been really bored. I still think it’ll be a number of weeks before I start writing something new, and whilst I have a short story I need to work on, I was too restless for what is a delicate bit of prose. And given I spent some time yesterday [...]
Sunday 4th February 2018 Today I decided to tidy up my office space and create a second desk. I’m playing games online with friends who live locally and it would be nice to be able to invite them around and have a social evening playing online together. I have a couple of old PCs, and [...]
Wednesday 31st January 2018 I had intended to go back to work today but my finger was killing me this morning. I think I must have moved around in the night and knocked it. I don’t seem to need to do much for it to really hurt. Just brushing it against something is enough to [...]
Tuesday 30th January 2018 Today I hurt like someone who’d nearly chopped their finger off. Now the shock has worn off. The hand really, really hurts. It’s not just the finger though… just trying to stretch my hand results in pain. So typing hurts it (even if not using the finger), ALT-CTRL-DEL is next to [...]
Thursday 14th December 2017 I’m deeming this my recovery week. After weeks of tournaments and a couple of bad performances, I’m so run down that I’ve taken a bit of a break for the sake of my own sanity. Given how gruelling competitions can be and the fact that I’ve had 6 or 7 of [...]
Sunday 10th December 2017 Today was a rest day. After yesterday’s tournament disappointment I’d already decided that even if there was sparring today I wouldn’t be going. Just as well really as I woke up to a couple of inches of snow. I got woken by Kate messaging me some writing support. I didn’t mind, [...]
Saturday 2nd December 2017 Today was a self-care day. This last week has been absolutely brutal. It feels like everything I’ve touched has gone to horseshit, whether it be swordfighting, writing, relationships or the day job. Overall, things are going well enough for me to realise this is just a bad week rather than get [...]
Friday 22nd September 2017 Urgh! I’ve only been back at the day job for 2 days and already the weekend couldn’t come quick enough. I’ve decided that I have a new pet hate. It’s when you get asked to do a job in a rush… because the information is needed urgently. There’s a large part [...]
Saturday 9th September 2017 Today was a gaming day. Given I have to be up early on Sundays and that I’m often behind on sleep come the end of the week I like to try and get a lay in on Saturday. It rarely goes beyond 9am no matter how hard I try. I got [...]
Friday 8th September 2017 It’s tempting to think that whilst I’m sat here playing World of Warcraft and tracking friends who are chasing Hurricane Irma, that nothing is going on with the writing career. But the fact is that whilst I try and recharge, the manuscript is currently with my agent. I got an update [...]
