Sadd-hang |
So they finally hung the fucker. All these "Human Rights" organisations really make me laugh though. "The hanging of Mr. Hussein was a grave violation of his human rights, blah, blah, blah." Do us all...
Posted by Chris on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 06:46:00 PST |
Editor woes |
Rejecting bad stories is easy. There was as time when I felt that I had to read them all the way through no matter how bad they got, but now I just skim the first couple of pages and if it doesn't hoo...
Posted by Chris on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 03:36:00 PST |
Getting the ball rolling |
I've finally settled on the name "Baysgarth Publications" for my publishing venture. I attended Baysgarth School and live only a couple of minutes from Baysgarth Park, Baysgarth House Museum and Baysg...
Posted by Chris on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 01:16:00 PST |
The Work Situation |
My sick note runs out in a couple of weeks and seeing as I can't see them extending it any further (I'm pretty much patched up now), I really need to take a long hard look at my current work situation...
Posted by Chris on Wed, 27 Dec 2006 11:47:00 PST |
Reformatting |
Until I can afford to increase my RAM (from 512MB to at least 1GB) I was thinking of reformatting my hard drive as I've heard that that's another good way of giving your system a speed boost (and not ...
Posted by Chris on Mon, 25 Dec 2006 12:41:00 PST |
Mum has forty pounds of pot on her ankle... can't sell any of it |
On Tuesday, mum had to have a cyst removed from her ankle and because they had to cut through tendons, the whole area's been set in pot until it's properly healed. It's strange watching her hobbling a...
Posted by Chris on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 03:48:00 PST |
Trailer time! |
A full-length trailer for the live action Transformers movie hit the net a couple of days ago and although I know next to nothing about the comics, TV show, action figures, etc. and Michael Bay is far...
Posted by Chris on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 03:04:00 PST |
Productive morning |
This morning I've managed catch up with any unread submissions for the chapbook antho and the two single-author collections I'm working on, update a couple of websites and answer all my e-mail. I can'...
Posted by Chris on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 05:14:00 PST |
Shedding pounds |
By printing my books with Lulu's new UK printer and handling distribution myself, I've worked out that I'll be reducing my expenses by more than half (compared to printing/distributing with Lightning ...
Posted by Chris on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 05:13:00 PST |
Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, book maker man. Make me a book as fast as you can |
Launching my own publishing company is good and all but with only two books coming out a year, I'm still going to have a lot of spare time on my hands. That's why I've decided to kick-start a series o...
Posted by Chris on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 11:03:00 PST |
