Tag: retrospective
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Looking Back On NaNoWriMo
This time five years ago I was halfway through my inaugural attempt at NaNoWriMo, and halfway through writing my first ever novel-length writing project. It was the culmination of a few weeks of late-night planning of something great, and ultimately what I would say is the first big “event” that signposted my taking “this writing…
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The SimCity Post
I’ve watched the launch of the new SimCity game over the last week with a strange feeling of both amazement and utter despair. It’s been like a massive, exploding car crash that I’ve strangely enjoyed watching get worse and worse. The words “total failure” don’t quite seem to cut it, but adding superlatives would just…
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First Month Review
My new blog has been active a whole month now, and I’m really glad I bit the bullet and started afresh. It’s been a lovely chance to regroup and reorganise my efforts online. Brief thoughts: I am absolutely loving Wordpress; it’s just so much more powerful, capable and easier to manage than Blogger! It’s also nice…
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