Once again, it has been quite sometime since I wrote anything for this blog. I have been busy dealing with work related matters that sprung up over the weeks. As I have said before, I am at a crossroads in my life now and I …
Read MoreProject: Stonehammer [Update 06/11/2006]
Well, I finally got around to adding some colour to the Stonehammer that I made a few weeks back. It took quite sometime actually to get it to a stage that I was happy with. This is a rough idea that I had in mind …
Read MoreSummer’s End
It has been sometime since I wrote for this blog, almost a month in fact. While I would very much like to say that I have been busily working on “Throne of Ice” the truth is in fact far from it. The past month of …
Read MoreGang Aft Agley
As Robert Burns once famously wrote in his poem “To A Mouse” (1785), “The best-laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men, gang aft agley.” Indeed, how true that is! My aforementioned break has arrived and I find myself having written hardly anything! With the change in …
Read MoreProject: Stonehammer [Update 27/09/2006]
As promised, here are some updates regarding Project: Stonehammer that I announced starting back in May. After numerous sketches I finally decided to go with this simple design. This is sort of what the Stonehammer looks like, although creating it in clay is a lot …
Read MoreCartography
I have always enjoyed the study of geography, which no doubt is part of the reason why I like to travel to new places. I also have an interest in cartography, at least on an amateur level! My map-making skills have improved over the years …
Read MoreThree Chapters… and then some!
During first fours weeks of my vacation I only added a couple of pages to Chapter 8 as I settled into the beautiful surroundings of my Spanish mountain retreat. As I said previously, I intended to get down to some serious work on “Throne of …
Read MoreJourney’s End…
And so my summer’s sojourn comes finally to its conclusion… Tomorrow, I return to work and the humdrum of commuting. Since I have spent my remaining days busily working on my book I have not had the time until now to update this blog and …
Read MoreSojourn
Progress on my novel has slowed considerably since last weekend and I have hardly touched it recent days. Unfortunately, work and other factors have diverted my attention elsewhere leaving me both tired and frustrated at this ‘stagnant’ period. In saying that, however, I am currently …
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