Day 114 – 365 / April 24th 2015 We were in Bradford city centre this evening to “The 56”, a play about the Bradford City fire. Emotional and powerful, the play moved me to tears as I expected it would. Whilst making our way from the car to the theatre we used the underpass at Jacobs…
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Day 113 – 365 / April 23rd 2015 Admittedly this headline is from today’s Times newspaper and refers to the Bradford MP George Galloway but, as today is St. George’s Day, I felt it appropriate to be the “365” image for April 23rd.
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Day 112 – 365 / April 22nd 2015 What could be better than waking up and reading a headline in your paper that tells you Nigella will be back on television later in the year? Pretty much nothing, I suspect.
NetGalley#01: “Street Art Santiago” by Lord K2
This was a review copy kindly provided by the publishers via NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review. This is a beautiful book. The design and layout is exquisite; the typography used and the photographs, not just of the street art but of the street artists at work too, are wonderful. My only…
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Day 111 – 365 / April 21st 2015 Maggie The Mini Schnauzer likes her home comforts. One of which is cuddling next to folk, mainly me, Sarah or Bethany. Sometimes it isn’t very convenient to have her tucked right up close to you. Especially when you want to concentrate on writing your debut novel. But,…
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Day 110 – 365 / April 20th 2015 I know I keep harping on about my van and the work I did last week to tidy it up, sorry! But, as mine was so shiny and new looking it made Sarah and Bethany’s cars look a little sad. So, I polished theirs on Saturday. And, as…
The Kerning. A little bit of writing this weekend.
I managed to get some time yesterday (Sunday) to pen a few more lines of my story. Here is what I (currently) think will be the opening line of chapter 1. “The boy had learned not to cry, to never show weakness at any time.” Intrigued?
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Day 109 – 365 / April 19th 2015 Do you recall all my cleaning and polishing of my van? Well, this is one of my cleaning cloths on the line drying. And, before you ask, it has been washed.
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Day 108 – 365 / April 18th 2015 John Connolly is one of my favourite writers; I fully encourage you to read his Charlie Parker series. Bethany secretly went to the York store of Waterstones and got John to sign a copy of his new book for me.
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Day 107 – 365 / April 17th 2015 Today we went to the Bridgewater hall in Manchester to see our very first orchestral concert. Although I cannot say that I was able to follow the music clearly (it was a new piece), I did thoroughly enjoy the evening.
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Day 106 – 365 / April 16th 2015 In case you wondered how a vinyl logo is applied to a van, here you go. from top left; clean van; logo loosely positioned to check for fit; 1st layer applied; application tape removed from 1st layer; top colour applied; tape removed; border removed to reveal two…
Paragraph Planet..my submission.
I chanced upon a retweet from someone of “Planet Paragraph“. Its tagline is “The flash fiction website publishing one 75-word story (or novel extract) every day since 2008.” So, I decided to submit a wee bit of my ongoing story “The Kerning”. The site says it can take unto 6 weeks upload the entry for…
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Day 105 – 365 / April 15th 2015 Today you see a working drawing for a van that I have designed and, today, finished lettering.
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Day 104 – 365 / April 14th 2015 You’ve seen the van “de-lettered”. Now here is a close up of the rear with a carbon fibre finish to the bottom of the tailgate.
Gavin Dimmock. Writer. 