Author: Gareth
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Temptation
Goodness is it tempting to get into bed and do this tomorrow. Mind you, that’s a first thought and as we all know first thoughts are not always the best thoughts. My second thought was that writing consistently is important to me and there are plenty of things to say too. I made my first…
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Probably healthy
It is late, I need to get to bed and get to the very serious business of sleeping, and yet I have not written a few hundred words, or studied much Chinese today. These are important goals and somehow they slip away unless I hold on very tight to them. I found time to play…
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Scribbles
Perhaps write something fictional? A juxtaposition of two or more things. I read once that writers block describes the experience of a person trying something better than they are capable of writing. It’s not that they cannot write at all, merely that the words which can flow through them an onto the page are not…
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In the office
Good morning. I have come into the office and wanted to get a few hundred words written for myself before I make a start of writing the words other people need from me. In this case the script and slides for a presentation on Monday. I have left finishing that a bit late. One of…
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Writing stories
Ben sent me a link to a story he’s written. Better, he’s recorded it, someone has provided illustrations and they’ve put it up on youtube as a multipart short story experience thingy. I watched the first part last night and thought a but about how impressive Ben’s output is. He is maintaining a relationship with…
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Late night haiku
As I was getting ready for bed last night I asked myself whether I had written at least five hundred words. I felt confident I had. When I sat down just now at desk E1S 059 to write these words I felt a mild disappointment when I discovered that was not the case. However, I…