Study!

Exams start next week, can't wait to get them out of the way. But still wish I had more time.

Must study.

But first a quick game of MW2 (which is now hacked to shit)...and then bed.

It is 23:46, plenty of time to study tomorrow.

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My Setup

Here's a look at my humble desk,



There's my PS3 (love it), HD TV/Dual Monitor, 10.1" eMachines eM250 (140GB harddrive, 8GB SD card, 2GB Ram, Intel Atom, 1.6hz), sitting on a Targus Chill mat, and some random desk stuff. Not the best quality pic, but my Nokia E63's camera is very standard.

Ethics Assignment was handed in today, now for revision and more writing. It's been a hot week in Sydney, yesterday was 42 degrees C!!

Fortunately I walked out into my garden yesterday morning and saw this:




Jumped straight in for a swim!!






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Quick ramble

Currently writing a short essay on legal ethics, but am taking a quick break to say this:

The hardest part of writing a story for me is actually sitting down and starting to write for that particular session. There are so many other things one could be doing, and to actually put them to one side and write can sometimes require a teeny bit of effort (for me anyway).

However, the best feeling when I am writing is when everything beyond the screen/page ceases to exist. When I get so enveloped into the prose that nothing else really matters beyond the world I'm creating. It's a good feeling, but it requires a bit of discipline to get there...something which is in fluctuating supply when the weather is 35 degrees and the ocean is 100 metres from my front door :(

OK, enough procrastinating, back to the essay.

P.S. the cyclone came and went, and not many people got hurt which is great.

Good luck Queenslanders

There's a real beast of a storm heading for Northern Queensland; a Category 5 Tropical Cyclone called Yasi.

I did some travelling around Cairns, Port Douglas and Cape Tribulation last year; and the immense beauty took me by surprise. Epic ocean drives, lush rainforests, tropical wildlife, great food and friendly people.








Good luck to all of them.

Progress

I've been torn between continuing with a story I started writing a few years back (but stopped at 15,000 words as I wasn't ready for it) and finishing off my current novel, The Spirit Broker.

I'm not good at working simultaneously on two things, as I just want to finish off the one I'm really feeling. And then I found what was missing in The Spirit Broker...a prologue!

Yep, just a simple chapter before the main story starts has made a great difference. I'm going to get this done and out of the way, it all makes sense now :)

Also, currently working on my website, should be up soon...!

Testing

Just a quick test, writing this from my new phone. Editing finished a few days ago, just need to rewrite a chapter, change a name or two and fix a few small things.

The mission is nearly complete...I hope

Almost done...promise

Ok, so this blog isn't very epic at the moment, but epic things are happening in the real world.

I'm on the last 100 pages of the manuscript; it's taking me longer to type in the corrections than I thought. That and I've also been spending my weekends doing drunken and debauched things. But it's all in the name of the art right? Without living a little how can I write about life...?

Ok, that excuse can only last for so long. I'm knuckling down with the editing now, and will have it all wrapped up by the weekend (it's now Monday night).

Then comes another read through, and possibly more alterations. I will also hand a copy to a workmate who reads a book a day and seems to like her dark fantasy/horror novels. She'll be able to get through this in a day or two and give me some honest feedback.

Then I'll start agent hunting. One thing at a time.

Time for two kiwi fruits, iron a shirt for work tomorrow and then bed.*


*My bedroom has recently become a nightspot for all of the trendiest, hairiest and largest spiders I have ever seen. Yep, the lovely huntsman spiders are coming out in force due to the warm and wet weather. I stared at one this morning on my wall and just cowered as it slowly walked into a crevice and vanished. It's still in here somewhere, perhaps with a dozen of its buddies. But as long as I can't see them, they don't exists...

Sleeping should be fun tonight... :(


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