Tag: Plottr
Friday 4 October 2024: That was the week that was
I skipped a few more regular daily posts over the past couple of days due to the September wrap-up, the Hello October, the book review, and the Take One Idea…
Tuesday 13 August 2024: Happy dentist
We went out on Sunday to get me a long grabby thing (long-handled litter-picker) so that when I’m walking around the garden, I can easily pick up windfall apples and…
Wednesday 22 May 2024: Magpies are clever
I’m not used to being in the house on my own yet and during the night on Monday/Tuesday, I woke up at about 3:30am thinking I could hear noises. I…
Thursday 27 March 2024: My reading this week
Wednesday morning was even slower getting started than Tuesday morning, and I had a lot to do. I really couldn’t afford to fanny around. And yet, that’s what I seem…
Wednesday 27 March 2024: Hack attack!
At first I couldn’t remember what I’d done at all on Tuesday morning…and then it all came back to me. After 2 very early starts for me, which included putting…
Tuesday 26 March 2024: Dentist again!
Monkey Dust had a fab gig on Friday night. They always do at the Irish Bar in Doncaster. They have a good crowd in there. I dropped the poet off…
Tuesday 27 February 2024: Dental checkups 😱
We ate out on Thursday, we had a takeaway on Friday, and we went for a meal on Sunday. We’re not eating very well at all at the moment, but…
Monday 26 February 2024: A day of admin
I was awoken in the early hours of Friday morning by a lot of things all clamouring for my attention. They ran around in circles inside my head until in…
Friday 23 February 2024: Things picking up again
It started to rain during the night on Wednesday. I remember waking up and registering it and then going straight back to sleep. Instead of lying there listening to it!…
Thursday 22 February 2024: Rain!
Following Tuesdays shenanigans and rabbit holes, I made sure I didn’t look at anything yesterday anywhere until I had some work in the bag. I set a Pomodoro, determined to…
Wednesday 21 February 2024: Chasing rabbits
By the time I finished faffing on Monday it was midnight, so it was well after midnight when I closed the office down. I spent the next couple of hours…
Tuesday 20 February 2024: Burning the midnight oil
Yesterday started sunny and bright but looked as though it might rain. By mid-morning, the clouds had scurried away but it was still a bit blowy. It was nice to…
Tuesday 13 February 2024: Re-reading old favourites
First of all yesterday I faffed. I was playing a game on my shiny new tablet. I had promised myself I wouldn’t play a game over breakfast. Instead, I’d read…
Friday 9 January 2024: Friday already?
Wow. Friday again. That came around quick… We both slept really well on Wednesday night resulting in us both getting up on time. I did get up with the poet…
Thursday 18 January 2024: Getting on with it
We had a lovely meal on Tuesday night to celebrate the mother-in-law’s birthday. She was delighted to have her son, all of her grandchildren, and their partners and families together…
Tuesday 31 October 2023: Happy Halloween!
Monday started well. I was up on time and I was at my desk on time. And then I started work. First job was yesterday’s blog post. I should have…
Monday 11 September 2023: Anatomy of a messy desk
So this was the sight that greeted me when I went into the office this morning. I can’t stand an untidy desk and I can’t work at one. But this…
Thursday 10 August 2023: A morning of writing
For the second day on the trot the poet was up early and off on a business trip. On Tuesday he had to drive south to the midlands. Yesterday he…
Tuesday 8 August 2023: A fragmented day
The weekend went by in a bit of a blur. Not because of anything in particular. I just don’t feel like I even had a weekend. We were up early…
Thursday 13 July 2023: I wrote a short story set on a ship
The very last thing I did before going to sleep on Tuesday night was plot out the storyline for The City of Glasgow. I used Story Plotter on my phone….
Thursday 15 June 2023: Long night ahead
The weather is a lot more bearable at the moment, despite the storms never arriving. There’s a cool, fresh breeze and that makes a massive difference inside the house when…
Diary of a Tiger: w/c Fri 22 April
Chapter 16: Week commencing Friday 22 April Friday Another 3 books came in overnight from NetGalley, so I added those to the project. As of this morning, that’s 218… I…
Diary of a Tiger: w/c Fri 11 Mar
Chapter 11: Week commencing Friday 11 March Friday Well, would you look at that! Chapter 11 starts on 11 March. (It’s the little things…) Friday dawned bright and sunny and…
Diary of a Tiger: w/c Fri 18 Feb
Chapter 8: Week commencing Friday 18 February Friday I struggled to do my ghostwriting for GW2 on Thursday evening. The poet had gone to band practice and that gave me…
Diary of a Tiger: w/c Fri 11 Feb
Chapter 7: Week commencing Friday 11 February Friday The plan on Friday was to spend the morning completing the final few chapters for GW1 Book 8 before going to a…
Diary of a Tiger: w/c Fri 7 Jan
Chapter 2: Week commencing Friday 7 January Friday Yes, we start this week’s diary on Friday. This is because I post it on a Friday and in a lot of…