The Ghost without a Shell

Started with a million, still writing...

Friday, 31 January 2014

Month One Count - Required - 85250 - Achieved - 85659

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So a close call for month one, and certainly not the margin I would have hoped for, but there have been a number of problems this month, and...

Day Thirty One - How to prove wordcounts for projects that aren't out yet...

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A little quandry, some of the writing I'm doing is for commercial projects, and in at least two cases, totals 10,000 words, which is a r...
Thursday, 30 January 2014

Day Thirty - Dear World, knock that s*** off...

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Would very much like it if the world could just p*** off now... Got more repairs to do on the old car now, and while I understand that the...
Wednesday, 29 January 2014

Day Twenty Nine - What a difference a day makes...

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Especially one where you don't have much else to be doing... Good meetings had with a few people though, I know now what I'm suppo...
Tuesday, 28 January 2014

Day Twenty Eight - Plan in advance for Birthdays

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Or you find yourself typing like mad when you get home. Mum's birthday today, somewhat subdued by the events of yesterday, but still a...
Monday, 27 January 2014

Day Twenty Seven - Sometimes you don't have the heart to write certain things...

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A friend of my mums died yesterday, she'd been ill for some time and so wasn't unexpected, but when something like this happens, it ...
Sunday, 26 January 2014

Day Twenty Six - Fast and Furious

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Which is also the name of the film currently in the DVD player, the sixth to be precise... There are those who say that the films are a go...
Saturday, 25 January 2014

Day Twenty Five - Poison of Choice...

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Most of us get by on a variety of stimulants through the day, be they coffee, chocolate, proplus, or just plain old fashioned adrenaline.  I...
Friday, 24 January 2014

Day Twenty Four - Long Days of work are never fun.

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Especially when you've had six long days of work in one week. Note to anyone else trying something like this, only have one job, make ...
Thursday, 23 January 2014

Day Twenty Three - Help in unexpected places

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Converted the car to LPG (Liquid Petroleum Gas) this morning and found myself in the middle of town with nothing to do for four hours while ...
Wednesday, 22 January 2014

Day Twenty Two - Middle of the day and all is well

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Wednesday to Friday are the only days I have to really get word count in, so those days really really have to count.  Problem inherent is th...
Tuesday, 21 January 2014

Day Twenty One - But don't let it eat your life...

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It's been a bad couple of days, from car crashes to job losses to car problems, to illness and insurance. The details, unimportant, th...
Monday, 20 January 2014

Day Twenty - Of exercising the mind and the body

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Went back to the Iron yesterday, haven't been since the turn of the year and I was starting to feel like jelly all over... Cheerfully th...
Sunday, 19 January 2014

Day Nineteen - Word Count required 52041, Word Count achieved 52996

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So that's Nano in nineteen days... Never done Nano before, always figured that there were other things to do than try and manage word ...
Saturday, 18 January 2014

Day Eighteen - In Sickness and in Health

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Although primarily in sickness to be honest, rough as anything today, voice has nearly failed and it's been a long day at work... So i...
Friday, 17 January 2014

Day Seventeen - Of dark stories and darker moods

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Mark lost his job today, not his fault, just a matter of making numbers meet, it's the usual policy of hiring twice as many people as yo...
Thursday, 16 January 2014

Day Sixteen - Of Writing groups and like minded souls

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Went to Sheffield Scribble with the Monday Knights this evening. The thought occurred as I went there that I haven't explained much ab...
Wednesday, 15 January 2014

Day Fifteen - Sometimes you don't catch the breaks

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Much car related mayhem today New car today, Mazda 6, so fast I fear the accelerator... And on the other foot, my mother in laws car got...
Tuesday, 14 January 2014

Day Fourteen - Will doing Two stories allow twice the word count every day?

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From tomorrow I've decided I'm going to try and keep two stories going at the same time, and I know that a lot of books on writing d...
Monday, 13 January 2014

Day Thirteen - Sometimes the good days escape you

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Some days there won't be many comments, I don't believe in saying things that are only going to be negative and the day has been fil...
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