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Return To The World
Return To The World
So I’m back.
Kind of. I have taken a lot of time from writing as my mental health was not ‘Good’. I was feeling very down. I have to say the NHS crisis team were excellent in the help they provided when I needed.
But I’m feeling better. Well a bit better but three months of lock down has taken it’s toil. But I am heading backing work so hopefully lead to more of a routine. It will be…
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Well this Place is a Little Dusty
Well this Place is a Little Dusty
So I have not been on the site for while.
And there is a reason for that.
I had a very bad depressive episode at the end of last year, which pretty much turned my world upside down. It was related to a manager complete destroying my sense of self-worth at the job where I work.
But the good news is I am now in a much better emotional space and have been making a good amount of recovery. I have got…
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NaNoWriMo Update Sunday the 5th
NaNoWriMo Update Sunday the 5th
Friday was a struggle as I failed to reach the daily 1667 word required to hit my 50000 word before the end of November. I just not get my brain to put everything in order. So my target was to hit my personal target of 2000 words. Which I managed which was a relieve. I did mean to get to the Birmingham Meet at The Geek Retreat. But I woke up at 11:10 and the Meet started at 11:30. One of the…
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Greyboxing
So I am in to my second day of writing for Nanowrimo. I am trying something different in how I write. I have been reading Blood Sweat and Pixel by Jason Schreier[note]Fast becoming one of my favourite Games Journalist. With this and His article on Visceral Games[/note]. One of the many thing informative things that stuck out for me was ‘Grey Boxing’. It is when the designer of a game created…
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Nanowrimo Start Your Engines
So I have started NanoWrimo. Nanowrimo is the National Novel Writing Month. Which mean that you have to do Fifty Thousand Word by the end of November. This is about one thousand six hundred and seventy seven words written every day. I am aiming to do about two thousand to aim high and build up a buffer. My Nanowrimo Account is AdamDavidCarter[note]Because I am totally unoriginal[/note]. I will…
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The Gunslinger by Steven King
The Gunslinger by Steven King
So I have just finished reading The Gunslinger by Steven King. It is the first book in The Dark Tower series. And boy was it as slog. Most books I find that after I get through the first forty to fifty pages it starts to get good and I breeze through the rest. I didn’t get into in the story till the last 1/4 of the book. (more…)
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Scrivener 3. It's Finally Here
Scrivener 3. It’s Finally Here
Kevin and the guys and gals at Latte & Literature have finally announced Scrivener Three. It has only taken seven years. And it is not a subscription model. Unlike Ulysses writing app. I have been looking at Ulysses as replacement for Scrivener for a long time but that became less pressing after the Scrivener for iOS was released. There has been a constant stream on blog posts on their website.…
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Cyberpunk Cool Image
I was doing some research in cyberpunk images and found this. From Alain Bousquet (Via ImaginationHut) As a side note, getting this pin into my blog was a nightmare. I had to use the wordpress text editor. Also found that I had setup my site incorrectly and the kind people at Tsohost had to fix my mistake. Which they did with speed and alacrity. Ad XO SaveSave
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The Collapsing Empire
So I have just finished reading The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi. Now I am not going to review it more than saying it is a great read and that it is a fun science fiction opera. It is an epic but fast paced story and it is not to long at just under three hundred and forty pages. In summary: I enjoyed and it is well worth you time. Now what I want to talk about the language used[note]I am not…
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I have done a number of post/reviews about coffee shops and I realised I have not done one about Waterstones[note]Note now has no apostrophe. Though the sign at the top of the high street store still does. Mind you the height of the sign might possibly be contributing factor to this.[/note]. Located on the High Street on the same building as the former Palisades and future largest Primark in Europe and near the Bullring.
When they had their refit they removed the costa coffee and replaced it with two different cafes. One the first floor nominally for adults and another on the kid(3rd) floor[note]But should you really give coffee to kids? I guess the answer is now yes.[/note].
They have won over my wife over as they offer soya milk for coffee but more importantly do nice line in locally sourced vegan cakes. The only problem is they do seem to run out of the vegan cakes very quickly. Much to my wife’s chagrin.
It is a very smart move on their part. It good café and it situated in a busy book store. I always buy from them when I get the chance. It is part of its community style. It host events in the coffee shop. Bookclubs, music performances and story times (for both young adult and children) happen regularly. One thing I am disappointed with that they had stopped doing their writing group and board game nights. I am mostly disappointed with myself as due to my shift work I could not make it when the events were on. I am not surprised they canceled the event due to lack of interest though. But it must have been disheartening to people involved.
I feel the need to support them now that amazon is undercutting both the independent book and chain stores in the uk. There was two indie book shops in Birmingham. Ian Allan Books and second hand books[note]The second hand book store has closed down sadly. This dead end led me down the rabbit hole of chain books shop vs indies vs Amazon. One of the reasons this post took over four months to complete. But I came back and culled the dead wood. On the other hand I do want to visit the Walsall book shop.[/note].
The view from the High Street
The Events Board
Nice view of the High Street with extra books
Comfy Chairs
Nice Decor
Cakes and Stuff
Olly and Gus
Suffice to say I like the New(ish) Waterstones. I frequent it more than Birmingham Central Library[note]Due to the hours I works I find it difficult to get the Central Library with it current opening times.[/note] now. Great coffee, great atmosphere, great staff and great cakes. You cannot go wrong with Waterstones cafe.
The only down side with having such a nice cafe in book store is I have a tendency to buy more books than I can read.
Oh well.
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How to Read (Version 2)
How to Read (Version 2)
So I am currently on holiday and I have been trying a different way of reading. Anybody who has ever looked at My GoodRead Page will know that I have a tendency to start books and then move on to next without finishing them. Bad habit but I tend to get bored easily. So what I am trying now to have two on the go at once. One fiction book for when I want to relax and One Non-fiction book for the…
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Reading List
So I spent a lot of my birthday money on books. probably should not have as I now have an over loaded ‘To Read’ Shelf. Oh well. (more…)
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24th to 30th of July
24th to 30th of July
I'm trying some different in how I post these. I will try to do a weeks worth of question. Part of this is my laziness but mainly it generates loads of tags so weights way in their favour.
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The BOOK
By Keith Houston So I am not going to do review of The Book by Keith Houston (all though it is very good). What I am going to review is the physical book it’s self. It one thing that is not talked about much. When ebooks first became a big thing they they always talk about how convenient they were and the old physical books are dead. That did not happen. In fact the ebook rise has plateaued and…
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