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I spent last night listening to a selection of great songs, taking the opportunity to pull at the emotions. Great songs should do that. I

November 12, 2004 No Comments

Well, I have stared writing the 50,000 words of novel for the National Novel Writing Month. It’s going painfully slowly. I was struggling to find

November 8, 2004 No Comments

This weekend the whole family sat down twice to watch films on the DVD player. On Friday evening we watched ‘Troy’ starring Brad Pitt, Orlando

November 8, 2004 No Comments

OK – I am working at the laptop. Sitting alone here – sometimes feeling a little cut off from the big world out there. So…I

October 27, 2004 No Comments

There are days when the words don’t want to come forward. I surf across weblogs on the net (some are over on the right) and

October 25, 2004 No Comments

The rain is lashing down on the conservatory roof near my desk, as I sit listening to the piano music of Bela Bartok played by

October 22, 2004 No Comments

Over the last weekend I have been buying music again. God, I’m a cd junkie! I bought: 1. Tom Waits – Real Gone 2. Jan

October 20, 2004 No Comments

The plans are emerging for the Novel Writing month coming up. According to the rules it’s OK to plan and prepare outlines before the writing

October 13, 2004 No Comments

I signed up for the National Novel Writing Month initiative today (www.nanowrimo.org). I have only the vaguest idea as to what I will write about

October 12, 2004 No Comments

I mentioned in an earlier post that there is an amazing internet archive including thousands of live music shows. I am in the middle of

October 11, 2004 No Comments