Writing & other things – for when I’m not reading

Over the last few years I've been on board the NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) train. In 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 so far, I have set aside the month of November to engage in the arguably mad practice of attempting to write a 50,000+ words first draft of a novel. Usually I've done that "by …

My Personal 2017 Book Reading Challenge: Book Number 3 – Star Wars New Canon

SPOILER ALERT! Title: Star Wars: Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel Author: James Luceno Publisher: Century Location of publisher: London Year of Publication: 2016 Number of pages: 330 Date I finished reading it: 16 January 2017 Have I read this before? No Fiction or nonfiction: Fiction Genres: Star Wars, sci fi Personal reflections upon reading this …

On New Year’s resolutions, books and blogging

I didn’t want to call it a New Year’s resolution, but it kind of is. As I looked at the sudden pile of books I had accumulated as a direct result of my recent birthday, followed by a second wave of books gifted over the Christmas period, I felt compelled to take some action. Then …