Had a good hour of writing during my lunch break at work yesterday.

Re-drafted a big battle scene with the Beatles (including Terry the fifth Beatle), Griddlebacks, Leche, Leprechauns Clurichaun, Georgia Blade, Tarquin, Jules and the rest of his friends. It must have been pretty crowded in 1963 outside the Cavern Club that day!

And of course, there's good old Mae, the robot that thinks she's someone else. . .

Tarquin stood beside Pandora, checking his...

The Bloated One

Oh dear, I hate setting targets, but I have been travelling with Tarquin for the last 18 months and I really need to finish him off. . .Well, not end his life, but finish the first book.

I already have his second book in my head (Tarquin Jenkins & The Return of the Mummas & Morris Men), now, if only I could finish the first book. . .

The Bloated One

just got my first laptop. or, rather, netbook (Acer Aspire 1, Linux edition). this means Mrs Chopper can use the base unit for Photoshop stuff while i write with the mini-thing.

why Linux? so that i can't install Football Manager and distract myself from writing.....

unfortunately, i'm writing this blog on the base unit (Bloody Stupid Thing) - i don't have wireless connection stuff yet and for some reason the Aspire doesn't like my wired connection. very odd.
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chopper

It's nice to see that blogs are back. Thanks to Brian for rescuing them.

Not that I had much time to write anything while they were down. My mother's illness got much worse, and she passed away on 6 December. Since then, I've been busy taking care of everything that needs to be taken care of when someone dies (hint, if you've never been through this: There is a lot to do, a lot of notifications to make, and if you are the only one to do all that, it will take up a lot of your time)....

littlemissattitude

November and December have been a bad couple of months for me. It seems like a lot of things have gone wrong all at once. I'm hoping that January will be a lot better.

A lot has happened. On top of the problems that my sister has been having, she had to spend a long afternoon in hospital after her doctor thought it wise she get checked out for appendicitis. It turned out to be nothing so serious, but it still caused a lot of worry. The family is rather close-knit, too, so I think...

Talysia