The Diary Of A Wannabe Writer

147 The Avengers (10th October 2024) 10.10.2024 8:17 ↓

And when I say The Avengers I mean the 1960s TV show and not that Marvel nonsense!

146 Blah (9th October 2024) 09.10.2024 7:51 ↓

In which I talk for six minutes (more like seven) about nothing.

145 Tolkien and Big Brother (8th October 2024) 08.10.2024 7:58 ↓

I talk about my Tolkien hardback collection and tonight‘s episode of Big Brother. And not writing because the muse seems to have left me for now. Sorry.

144 Big Brother isn’t watching you! (6th October 2024) 06.10.2024 7:27 ↓

I’ll tell you about my weekend catching up with a friend, what I’m planning to do this evening and when I’m going to bloody well do some bloody writing again!

143 Torquay (4th October 2024) 04.10.2024 6:48 ↓

I talk about my day in the caves of Torquay, and finally start work on chapter 37…

142 Tiverton (2nd October 2024) 02.10.2024 10:09 ↓

I talk about my day out on the last horse-drawn barge in the West Country, and how I plan to genuinely do some writing tomorrow! Promise!

141 Devon (1st October 2024) 01.10.2024 8:00 ↓

I tell you about my last few days and how I plan to spend the next few… (Including some writing hopefully).

140 Announcing a short break (26th September 2024) 26.09.2024 6:56 ↓

As the writing muse does not seem to be hitting me right now, I am going to take a few days off to recharge my batteries, I’ll be back on the 1st of October. Thanks!

139 It’s still going on! (25th September 2024) 25.09.2024 6:49 ↓

An emergency podcast in which I talk about some of my favourite song lyrics by my favourite song lyricist, Neil Tennant of Pet Shop Boys.

138 Giving Something Back (24th September 2024) 24.09.2024 12:07 ↓

Overnight (yes, literally overnight, I’m crazy) I accidentally wrote a short story for my 60/40 short story collection which links the universes of the TV shows Doctor Who and The Bill. Here is a little bit about the story and a short reading from, it you can read the full story at my website.

137 Sick (23rd September 2024) 23.09.2024 11:05 ↓

In which I didn’t fly to Boston because I was sick so I lay in bed instead…

136 Going to Boston again (22nd September 2024) 22.09.2024 6:55 ↓

No writing today because I’m working, but I do talk about some song lyrics that I like, sorry!

135 Recorded in the car park of a motorway service station (21st September 2024) 21.09.2024 7:00 ↓

Sorry this is so late, I really didn’t have time earlier!

134 Not Going To Plan (20th September 2024) 20.09.2024 6:46 ↓

Things are not going to plan today… but I’m still podcasting!

133 Busy busy busy (19th September 2024) 19.09.2024 6:46 ↓

Why you got an emergency podcast for the last two days, and why I probably won’t be writing today either!

132 There’s an emergency going on! (18th September 2024) 18.09.2024 7:18 ↓

That title is part of a quote from a TV show. It is the middle part of the quote (yesterday‘s title was the first part). Can you guess what the third part is?

131 Emergency! Emergency! (17th September 2024) 17.09.2024 7:23 ↓

Emergency podcast time; some ridiculous emergency questions from Richard Herring’s RHLSTP app.

130 Landing Day Blues (16th September 2024) 16.09.2024 8:18 ↓

I talk about a company called Big Finish who produce a lot of audio dramas, especially Doctor Who featuring original cast members.

129 Planning in Chicago (15th September 2024) 15.09.2024 10:19 ↓

I’m not writing today because I realised my final chapter plan isn’t right so instead I am working on the details of the final three chapters so that I can start writing them once I have a better plan.

128 Chapter 37 might start today (14th September 2024) 14.09.2024 7:24 ↓

Chapter 37 might start today… But it also might not because I’m flying to Chicago later and it depends how tired I am on my break!

127 I got more done than I expected today (13th September 2024) 13.09.2024 6:59 ↓

Had another successful writing day, to find out how successful you need to blooming well listen!

126 My first Excuse Podcast in a while (12th September 2024) 12.09.2024 6:59 ↓

What I did today, and why I didn’t write.

125 Chapter 36 is two edits away from completion (11th September 2024) 11.09.2024 7:59 ↓

In which I tell you about how I completed the first run of chapter 36, when I plan to edit it and my general plans for the next two days!

124 My plans for the final 4 chapters (10th September 2024) 10.09.2024 9:03 ↓

I realise how close I am to the end of writing “Empress Of The Trees” and talk about my plans for the final handful of chapters.

123 Writing in Atlanta (9th September 2024) 09.09.2024 9:22 ↓

I talk about the fact I managed to do some writing on a break at work yesterday, and I’ve done some more today down route here in Atlanta!