Life does take its twists and turns, within months of winning an award, I find myself presenting others with an award. What a difference 6 months makes, huh. I'm not complaining, I guess I'll enjoy it while it lasts. Follow the link for lots of lovely pics of grinning me. :-)I also now have a library page, thanks to the folks at Bexley Libraries. Once again, follow the link.
Ok, so I've found another distraction and I'm not referring to writing this blog.. Nope I'm talking research. So up in the mountains there's no TV, barely any internet and no distractions. A place that should be inspiring. A big fat NOT. Well it is peaceful, too peaceful if you ask me. I think my problem is that I'll always find a distraction no matter what.I'm at a point in my story where the PO comes to the victims home to interrogate the grandfather. Would that happen in real life? Do I care how it happens in real life. I'm I writing fact mimicing fiction or fiction mimicing fact. Yet to come up with an answer.In the meantime, I've asked my inside source all about police procedure and am patiently waiting for a reply. I had been given the answers before, but it went in one ear and straight out [...]
So who's bright idea was it that I do a minimum of words per day. Of course it was mine, just in case you're wondering the question is rhetorical.I've spent most of the day cursing the fact that I haven't been able to get online due to the wavering internet signal. It can't seem to make up its mind. One moment it's there, the next it's disappeared. Mark the good ole man who is lord of the internet in Comares, of course blames the router. (I'm not saying it's not.) However the last time I was here I did have a ding dong with him and he hung up on me. I guess he wasn't used to speaking to customers who actually knew what a router was. Not that I have a vast technical knowledge of WANs, WLANs or DNS, but this man did take the biscuit, especially when he [...]
I'm now in Comares where it all started 2 years ago. I came to write the book I'm currently working on but ended up achieving nothing. However I did concieve the bright idea to self-publish Imagine This, so all was not lost.Anyway, I decided to come back here because there's nothing to do. The nearest town Malaga, is a 2hr bus ride, which means getting up at 6am to catch the only bus which passes the at appx 7am. The bus back doesn't leave until 6pm, needless to say I can't afford to spend a whole day out. They're too precious. I've worked out that if I put in enough time and effort, I might just about get half a book done. Which means no distractions. Which is easier said than done. Although there's no TV, I find myself mired in research on YouTube and FB. Reading other peoples blogs [...]