Gruzz says:
I had concerns about writing a battle into one of my books, as I've never written a battle scene before.  I've already got a few small skirmishes and duels here and there, and they are REALLY hard to write sometimes.  I've got to balance portraying the feel of the fight with enough detail to let the readers picture it in their minds but ( Read more... )

Gruzz says:

We've settled in properly now.  I've spent moderately large amounts of money on furniture and stuff, to such an extent that my credit card bill resulted in one of my eyebrows creeping up my forehead somewhat, but not so much that I'm worried, nor deterred from my plan of going shopping for a monster desktop PC next week (Which will do ( Read more... )

Gruzz says:

I have moved.  Done and dusted (although the dusting took quite a while).  The weekend and days I took off work were filled with insane packing, shifting, destroying, unpacking, assembling, cleaning, traveling, throwing away, spending vast amounts of money and not getting much of that thing they call sleep.  And eating junk.  But it was ( Read more... )

Gruzz says:
I shall be moving to Bexleyheath.  My sister and I have found a surprisingly spacious place (big enough for RP sessions, a single house-warming party rather than 2, insane game & video weekends, etc) about 10 minutes walk from Bexleyheath station, and shall be making our merry way there in two weeks time.  Huzzah!  Having a place sorted ( Read more... )

Gruzz says:
Home this weekend for a mad house & flat hunt that will occupy most of tomorrow and maybe even Sunday.  I also have the whole of next week off of work to look for places and to start sorting out my current flat.  It's going to be a busy week, and expensive travel wise, so hardly the best use for my holiday allowance, but the goal will ( Read more... )

Gruzz says:
My mind is racing today, jumping from one topic to the next, then back again, then in another direction.  This happens sometimes.  Occasionally it leads to some form of revelation or insight that is ultimately beneficial to me, but most times it just leaves me feeling oddly dissatisfied.  I wont know which until it burns out, but I'm ( Read more... )

Gruzz says:

I feel the need to express myself.  Quite what I need to express is beyond me, but nevertheless I shall pen some musings here, and if it turns out to be so much flotsam, well tough!

Been busy at work this week, which is a good thing.  I was getting very bored with the gaps in my workload.  I'd rather be doing something than nothing.  ( Read more... )

Uther says:Heavens! Someone obviously had an entertaining evening last night! There I was blissfully asleep when I get rudely awakened by the phone. A quick look at the clock shows me that it is nearly four hours past midnight. What on earth could this be about? I wonder, for surely at this hour it is either a wrong number or an emergency ( Read more... )

Gruzz says:

Book update:

Book 1 - 1st Draft 100% complete (155,424 words) WOOHOO!!!
Book 2 - 50% into pre-draft, 99% plotted, (So far ~70,000 words written)
Book 3 - 90% plotted
Book 4 - 72% plotted (Prologue written after sudden flash of inspiration)

Hurrah!  I actually feel more hyped about having got book 1 into full draft than I did upon ( Read more... )

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