Family ties

February 28, 2010

When you have a personal blog, there’s always a question of where to draw the line. How much do you really want to share with your readers?
I have no problem talking about myself, about what’s going on in my life and inside my head. That’s pretty much why I started this blog in the first [...]

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Keeping the faith

February 27, 2010

A week or so I talked about the 130-odd writing books I have in my bookcase, and how I’ve read all but a dozen of them.
Well, I’ve actually read some of them three or four times. Not to learn anything new (although I seem to every time I read them), but to be reassured that [...]

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All the world’s a-twitter

February 26, 2010

Every now and then I say something I immediately regret. Today was one of those days.
While scanning my Twitter feed this afternoon I came across a website supposedly looking for contributors. Unfortunately I never found out if it was true because as soon as I opened the website I had to close it again. It [...]

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The daily dilemma

February 25, 2010

Okay, here’s the thing. It’s late, and having spent the day looking after my son I’m exhausted in just about every way imaginable. (I’m also a little tipsy from a glass of champagne, but that’s another story.)
And yet here I am, writing another post because I promised myself I wouldn’t skip a day.
So what do [...]

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Mouth piece

February 24, 2010

It was D-Day for me today—Dentist Day.
It was actually supposed to be last Friday, but I had to stay home to look after my son. And of course, paranoia quickly set in. “You’re delaying it another five days? It’s already touch and go whether they’ll be calling you ‘Gummy’ by the end of the month.”
So [...]

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Writing by instinct

February 23, 2010

Today was my first day back in the office after a week off (well, a week away. As much as I enjoyed looking after my son, it was certainly no holiday). So naturally I spent the first hour or so trawling through my unread emails.
It was pretty much as I expected—reminders about tasks I haven’t [...]

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A taste of things to come

February 22, 2010

If this is what you feel like at the end of the day when you’re not a corporate desk jockey, then I’m ready to quit now. Actually, I’ve been ready to quit for a while. It’s my family and our bank manager who need me to keep working.
I pretty much did what I set out [...]

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Putting the “free” back into “freelancing”

February 21, 2010

Every second Monday is Freelancing Day for me, and I’ve just realised it’s coming around again tomorrow. I wasn’t in the office at all last week, so I lost track of when it was. (Hmm. Wonder if everyone knows. “Um, guys? I’ve got tomorrow off, okay? Check the calendar.”)
So far it’s been a great idea [...]

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The grass is always greener…

February 20, 2010

In primary school I had a friend who was really good at athletics. Whoever was up against him would aim for a ‘B’, because they knew he’d get the ‘A’. I was really jealous, and would have given anything to be as good as him.
Years later, in high school, I found out he was just [...]

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Where do you put your ideas?

February 19, 2010

Yesterday’s post almost didn’t happen.
It was looking pretty good to begin with. My son fell asleep pretty quickly, and I was in front of the keyboard by nine. Given it takes me about an hour to write a post, I figured I’d be in by ten at the latest—something I haven’t managed to do in [...]

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