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Table of Contents

Weekend Break to Torquay!

Cure Writers Block @JeffBollow - 14 May 2013

I slept, and Jaw hurts! - 15 May 2013

You Little Pirate! - 18 May 2013

Mini Break, taking it easy! - 20 May 2013

Always Keep Close Friends - 22 May 2013

Post What I Like! - 24 May 2013

Bad Colic, and Dictation Trick - 28-29 May 2013

Summer, and Society Changes - 1 June 2013

Catching up with Sleep - 2 June 2013

Dependency Addiction - 3 June 2013

Sofa Swapping in my Sleep - 4 June 2013

4am Early Bird - 5 June 2013

Five Hours to Transfer - 6 June 2013

Jaffa Cakes Addiction! - 7 June 2013

Short Story Writing Took Over! - 8 June 2013

Psychological Block? - 9 June 2013

Write Poetry? - 10 June 2013

Apple Genius? - 11 June 2013

Crime Story Research - 12 June 2013

Change Publisher? - 13 June 2013

Coma, it was a Dream? - 14 June 2013

Author Mentoring - 17 June 2013

Mia's Eight, and Free eBook! - 19 June 2013

Two Free eBooks - 21 June 2013

Third Person Writing Attempt - 22 June 2013

Self Publishing for Everyone! - 24 June 2013

The Fly Lost! - 25 June 2013

Robbie Williams Concert Saturday - 1 July 2013

One, can't write a blog - 3 July 2013

Forty-eight Hour Bug - 6 July 2013

Murray wins Wimbledon! - 7 July 2013

Short Circuit Book, 1986 - 9 July 2013

New Meds and Signed Book! - 12 July 2013

The 'Wright' Time for Support! - 14 July 2013

Moved, and Heatwave Remains! - 19 July 2013

How Stupid? - 20-21 July 2013

The Cuckoo Storms! - 22-23 July 2013

Imagination and Pens - 24-25 July 2013

No Sleep; Rock Roadie Review - 26-27 July 2013

Um ...Dumplings? - 28-29 July 2013

The Heavens of Sugar! - 30-31 July 2013

Don't Judge! - 1-2 August 2013

Writing Method Exposed! - 4-5 August 2013

The Book Upset Me! - 6-7 August 2013

Two Pens, and Cover Fail! - 8-9 August 2013

Hardest Challenge Starts! - 11-12 August 2013

Summer Season 13 Ends - 13-14 August 2013

### Weekend Break to Torquay!

**10 May 2013 3:36am** :

Well, I am off for a weekend break to Torquay with my parents. I can't remember the last time I went away with them, it must be over four years at least! I have been up most of the night in pain with my stomach, this has occurred a lot recently. I know the main cause is, but I won't go into detail about that, but what I will say is the side-effects take my energy away.

Anyhow, before I talk more about current events, I need to tell you a few updates before I forget. Let's start off with the mobile phone saga, you will be happy to know the problem has been resolved. I don't want to say much about this, but even though it has been resolved I have been left feeling let down by the mobile company because I was treated like dirt. When the problem was resolved, I had a call from the head manager in customer relations. They explained that the problem had been resolved and that he could close the ongoing complaint, at this point I became very annoyed, they were trying to get away with everything they caused! I said to the manager that the problem is resolved, but the complaint was not resolved. After an hour of explaining, the manager agreed that it wasn't resolved, he asked what they could do to resolve the complaint to make me feel like a happy customer. So, to be brief, I requested a reoccurring credit for a certain amount of months. They accepted the offer I made without questioning it, which was good for me because the problem could finally be resolved and I could put the stress behind me.

The final bit of news is about my recent book launch. Since the launch of BloogyBook Spring Season 2013, there have been several downloads through the iBookstore and the kindle, which is fantastic news because people are loving the books I publish. I guess things can only get better!

Anyway, I am going to lie down for an hour, well that's if I can, I might get some sleep because I am starting to feel exhausted.

**11:41am** :

So, after a few hours sleep, we were all up and heading on the road towards Torquay. I am sat here multitasking: tweeting, writing and playing games on my iPhone. There is one let down to writing on the move, and that is the poor handwriting caused by the bumps in the road. On a different note, all this multitasking is helping me take my mind off the urge I have to use the toilet, and before you even say it, yes I did go to the toilet before I left the house!

I am currently playing a game with K called Hack Run, we have both became addicted to the game. This game is a simple computer simulation and your job is to hack into the system, as you go along you will uncover different things, including government secrets that their hiding.

**17:31pm** :

After six hours had past, we finally arrived at the holiday park in Torquay. We did have one stop on the way, but that was because I was dying to use the toilet. While we were having a break, I brought everyone a drink because it was starting to get hot, and I was 
starting to get very dehydrated. I had a terrible hot chocolate, it was small and it tasted awful, where's a Costa Coffee when you need one? See I am promoting Costa Coffee again; hint, hint, sponsor?

**21:39pm** :

So, it has been many hours since we arrived, and the weather has been it's usual crappy self, the rain has been pouring down for hours! Even as I write this, I can hear the rain bouncing off the roof of the caravan. The rain is beautiful at times, it is so relaxing to hear the rain as it slowly trickles across the roof, it makes you feel safe and at peace with your inner self. I am glad the weather is cool tonight because for some reason I am feeling very warm, I don't know what's causing it, but I know it's starting to annoy the hell out of me! I must admit that it could be withdrawal symptoms from my medication because I haven't had any today, which means I am going to get told off by many people after they read this.

Anyway, let's hope tomorrow is a better day. I am hoping to take more pictures for the blog tomorrow, I did take some today, which I will add after this. So, off to bed I go!

**11 May 2013 11:07am** :

What a rubbish nights sleep I had, every hour I was waking up. If it wasn't one thing, it was another. I was feeling rough before I went to bed, so this bad night was to be expected. I remember waking up during the night with stomach pains, these pains went away after I over on to my other side. The most concerning thing about last night was that I woke up with toothache in several teeth, especially the baby tooth I have in my lower set of teeth.

Anyway, putting this aside. I crawled out of bed at around 9am and I felt all clogged up in my stomach, which was causing me to get many pains across my abdomen. I had to take painkillers quick or else it would take over the way I feel, and it would start to make me feel much worse. Mum made me some spaghetti and toast for breakfast, which I really enjoyed, I ate all of it, and I even ate all the toast!

On an unrelated topic. I have been having issues with my iPhone 5, for some reason it keeps coming up with a message saying no Sim Card installed. I am guessing there is something wrong with the Sim Card sensors because it has been doing it for a while, I can usually fix the problem myself if I had the Sim Card ejector tool, but seeing as I forgot to pack one, I will have to wait until I go into town to sort it, but for now rebooting the iPhone usually sorts it for a little while. 
**19:55pm** :

What a weird chain of events, I think Lady Luck is on my side today, but before I tell you about that, I will tell you about our trip into the local town centre. We were going into the town to get some shopping and to take some pictures with my camera.

When we arrived into town, we went across to the harbour so I could take pictures of the expensive yachts. As we were going around the town, I took a few good shots, but the saddest part is, I didn't take take as many pictures as I would have liked too.

After our walk around the harbour, we went on the search for a hot drink. I wanted to have a drink from Costa Coffee, but according to my iPhone there wasn't one for thirty-eight miles, which was totally wrong because we found one two streets in from the seafront. So, with that said, mum went in to Costa Coffee to buy the drinks. I had a large hot chocolate with no caramel shot, I wasn't in the mood for the extra sugar boost because I was feeling very sluggish. While mum was grabbing our drinks, I went across to the local EE store to see what was wrong with my iPhone. I explained my problem to the assistant, and he confirmed my own suspicions, he said I think you have a faulty Sim Card sensor in your phone. I said to him that it was fine, but for now could he clean my Sim Card, he said sure I will do that for you. I knew this would be a short-term fix, but it will see me through until I get back home to Essex on Monday.

So, with that done, I walked back across the road to wait for mum. After a short wait, mum finally emerged from Costa Coffee with our drinks, it was busy in there.  
Anyhow, with drinks in hand, we needed to find a place to sit down. There were plenty of benches about, but we wanted to find somewhere quiet. So, to be brief, we found a bench and had our drinks. I didn't like the taste of mine, it was very bitter, I think they used too much chocolate powder.

After we had our drinks, it was time to head back to the caravan, well that's if we don't get lost first! Mum ended up getting us lost by giving dad the wrong directions. So, we were lost in the middle of the countryside, I had no choice, but to use google maps to direct us back to the caravan. Surprisingly the maps took us the right way, and we arrived back at the caravan.

I think I will stop writing for tonight, I am starting to feel rough. I will carry this on tomorrow, off to the land of nod I go!

**12 May 2013 19:48pm** :

So, this Lady Luck stuff yesterday, it was the FA Cup final and Wigan was playing Manchester City. When the game had twenty minutes left, I could sense Wigan were going to score a goal. So, with that said, I followed my gut feeling and placed a bet on Wigan to win via my iPhone. Anyhow, to be brief, Wigan scored a goal from a corner kick, and they won the FA Cup. I ended up winning £22, which I was pleased about because I made £16 profit.

This wasn't the last of my luck, I had £5 left over from my winnings and I thought I would have a quick flutter on the greyhound racing. So, with that said, I put the £5 on one dog and it won, this gave me £10 in return,  
talk about doubling your money! Anyhow, in total I won £32, which isn't bad for a gut feeling!

Anyway, back to today. The day started out with a lovely breakfast, I had six pieces of toast and spaghetti. Even though I had this large meal, I still felt hungry afterwards, so I had no choice, but to have a yogurt to fill the tank. I was stuffed after all that food, it felt like I was going to pop like a balloon and fly around the room!

I was in luck today because we were staying on the holiday park. I was okay with this because myself and mum were going to go for a short walk to take pictures of the surrounding scenery. So, with that said, we went out and took the pictures, I will include these pictures after today's events. After we took the pictures, we headed over to the Cafe and had a Costa Coffee together. As we were drinking our drinks outside, we were looking at all scenery around us and appreciating the view we had of Torquay. Several minutes had gone by and it was time to make a move because we needed to get some stuff from the shop. As ŵe reached the shop, we noticed that all the lights off inside, we thought the shop wasn't open today, but it turned out that the workers were on their break.

Anyway, to be brief, we picked up some shopping an hour later, and since we came back,  I have been lying in bed because I have been feeling unwell. So, on that note, it is time for me to sign off. I have a long day tomorrow because we are traveling home and it takes about six hours in total. So, tomorrow for me will be  
spent sitting in a car getting a numb backside, how exciting is that?

**13 May 2013 22:36pm** :

So, it turns out I forgot to write today's blog. I don't know how it slipped my mind, maybe old age is catching up with me, keep in mind I am only 24 and I am complaining about being old!

Today has been an easy day, four hours in a car, and then when I arrived home I went back to sleep again. While we were traveling home, I was dying to use the toilet again, I couldn't believe it, I went before we left. I think my bladder has a mind of its own, it selects when it wants to work and ignores when I need it to work!

Anyway, after an hour of crossing my legs and feeling hot, we stopped at a service station to use the toilet. Once dad stopped the car, I jumped out and started heading towards the service station building to find a toilet. I was trying to run, but I couldn't because it felt like I was going to wet myself, and the last thing I wanted to do was to make a miniature pond in the car park. So, to be brief, I found the toilet, and it was now time to refill my tank with a cup of tea. I don't know why mum did this, but she only gave me half a mug of tea, you couldn't even drown an ant in it. After I finished the tea, I thought to myself that wasn't enough, so with that said, I decided to go over to Starbucks to get a large hot chocolate. I don't normal buy drinks from Starbucks, but recently I took a liking to their hot chocolate, and don't worry Costa Coffee, you're still my number one choice! Anyhow, with drink in hand, I downed it quickly because dad wanted to get back on the road. I could have drunk it while we were driving  
along, but for some reason I don't feel right doing that, maybe it's the panic disorder taking over of my mind, either way, I don't know why I can't drink it while moving along in a car.

I am going to skip ahead here because it is getting late and I am feeling sluggish again. We arrived home around 1pm, and the first thing on my mind was I need something to eat. I only had a small breakfast, so as you could imagine I was starving! I ended up making myself some spaghetti hoops on toast, it was lovely, and it certainly filled a hole!

Anyway, after this, nothing much happened in the afternoon, I spent several hours in bed because I was feeling rough. Before I went to sleep, I received a call from Steve, we had a good chat, well we tried having a good chat, but my iPhone had other plans for that call. Throughout the call my iPhone dropped the call five times and in the end it made me very frustrated. I have restored the phone to see if it makes a different, but if it carries on, I will have to make an appointment to see Apple because it does look like the phone is faulty.

So, it is now time for me to sign off. I hope you enjoyed the blog and pictures, I will be blogging randomly until the start of June, but when this does arrive I will be writing every day of the summer season. Anyway, time to check this for mistakes and then I am back off to bed.

### **Cure Writers Block @JeffBollow** \- 14 May 2013

I have just seen a funny, but weird video, it outlines a process of curing writer's block. This video really spoke to me because I suffer from writer's block most of the time and somehow, the video has found a solution to my problem!

From on now on, when I get writer's block, I will sit and write absolute rubbish until the words start flowing again. So, for example, I could write, ET phoned home to order a pizza, or the big dog found himself down the wheal with Timmy. I guess the choices are endless, I could even go as far as saying, Timmy chucked himself down the wheal because he wanted to see if he could fly, what a weird ending that would be!

This video can be found on Youtube, just search "fastscreenplay" without the quotes, and then you will find a video called "Writer's Block instant cure." Even though this theory seems outrageous, it does work and even though your writing rubbish, in they end it will make sense to you and you will go on to write some amazing things.

So, thanks to @JeffBollow on Twitter, for giving all fellow authors a cure to the painstaking illness that us authors like to call writer's block! As you can see, it has worked for me, so it will work for you. Who would have thought it, a simple technique and it unleashes our creativity instantly!

### **I slept, and Jaw hurts!** \- 15 May 2013

Finally, my sleep pattern has gone back to normal, well for now anyway. After a few days of no sleep, I finally knocked out last night. I think it was all the creative writing thoughts I had that sent me to sleep, and believe me, my imagination went off the scale, it also went very rude at the same time! I will be writing books of this nature at some point, but until I am happy writing about a certain subject, I won't be making any progress any time soon!

So, today started okay, the rain was pouring down on and off, but there's nothing I can do about that, after all, I can't control the weather, I wish I could because at times it really annoys me!

Anyway, enough with my complaining, I can't sit here all day moaning about things when I need to get some writing completed.

I started out my day with a bowl of pasta for breakfast, it may seem weird to some people, but I enjoyed it, which is the main thing. I had two kinds of pasta, one had a tomato taste, and the other was cheese flavor. This certainly made an interesting taste when I mixed them together, these are very easy to make, all you need to do is pour the contents into a bowl and add boiling water, it couldn't get anymore simpler than that. I must admit something though, I don't think I let it cook for long enough because there were some crunchy bits of pasta, and as any experienced person knows, pasta should be soft when it's cooked, it shouldn't have any crunch to it.  
I am feeling so tired at the moment, it's like my body needs more sleep. When I try to concentrate on anything it goes out the window because I am feeling exhausted. I am trying to do writing at the moment and that has been a failed attempt, it's like my body is overtired, maybe I need to go for an afternoon nap? Saying that though, I don't want to sleep during the day because it plays havoc with sleep pattern and it also messes with my head if I don't have the right amount of sleep.

So, it turns out that I fell asleep, don't know where all this tiredness came from, but oh well, nothing I can do, I think my body is trying to catchup with the lack of sleep.

The sleep didn't help me in all fairness, I woke up feeling dizzy and sick, and somehow during my sleep I managed to take my jaw out of its socket. This really hurt, it felt like someone had punched me in the face. So, with that said, I had to align my jaw again. I pushed on the opposite side of my jaw and it suddenly popped back in to place, but when I did this, I opened my mouth again and it popped out of place again, which was very painful! Anyway, ever since I did this, I have been feeling horrible. I must have caught a bug because the symptoms I have point to a virus. I will keep an eye on it and see if it passes.

Anyway on that note, I am signing off for now because this dizziness is getting annoying!  

### **You Little Pirate!** \- 18 May 2013

So, some smart delinquent has decided to pirate my books. I discovered this while I was doing a google search of my name. When I saw this web page appear in the results, it put on edge, something about the address triggered my curiosity, the description quoted "Free InstaScrapBook 2012." This was very because InstaScrapBook 2012 isn't free, the only way people can get the book free is through me, I am the only person who can authorize free copies, this is for both digital and print versions.

Anyway, I checked the site, and it turns out the person has placed my book on a per-to-per download website, which means they have removed all digital rights management (DRM) on the file that protects it from being shared. I am not happy about this at all because I worked very hard to put that book together, and I don't expect someone to rip my work off, it isn't right, and I will be seeking full damages for their actions!

I won't discussing the action I have taken, but the law is on my side, and they have broken copyright law.

Putting this aside, I have been feeling sick over the last twenty-four hours, my stomach has been playing up like mad. I think I know what caused it, the night before I had a whole packet of Jaffa Cakes. I didn't think it would have caused me any problems because I eat cakes most of the time, and even now when I think about it, I want to eat some more! I know this is self-inflicted, but what can you do? Everyone likes different things, and sometimes it is healthy, and other times it's 
unhealthy, oh well, who cares? We have to eat, and at the end of the day, I don't really care what I stuff myself with!

Today has been no exception either, I have been eating a lot, noodles, yogurts, spaghetti, who cares? Later on I will probably do the same! One of these days, I am going to eat enough food to make my belly pop, but I guess until that day comes along, I will carry on stuffing my face.

My day so far has been very relaxed, nothing major has occurred. I have been listening to BBC Radio Four all afternoon, it has been very relaxing, it has been sometime since I listened to this radio station, and after today's show, I think I will start listening more often.

I must remember to write some more later for my new books, I am starting to get behind and it's starting to annoy me because I feel like I am letting myself down.

So, on that note, I am going to sign off. I need to have a nice golden cup of tea, and then I must get on with writing. Don't forget Eurovision 2013 is tonight, so be prepared for a political run vote and for England to get zero points!  

### **Mini Break, taking it easy!** \- 20 May 2013

Well, today is Monday, such a joyful day, the one day of the week we all crave to start and finish as quickly as possible. I can see why people hate Mondays, it's a new week, and they come to realize that they have to go back to work or return to some normality.

My Monday on the other hand is quite relaxing, nothing to do apart from watching TV all day, and stuffing myself silly with food! I am spending five days at my sister's house to look after her cat while she goes away on holiday with the rest of my family. I don't mind staying at my sisters to look after the cat, it gets me away from my house, and it also means I am not stuck in my bedroom sending myself mad.

Anyway, backtracking to the weekend. On Sunday I had the privilege of talking to K for most of the day, we spent most of the time chatting about the Eurovision contest that was on Saturday night. We had a fun day talking, well apart from when I upset K, she said to me that she didn't want to know who won the competition, but I accidentally gave her hints about who won. I know, I am a bad person, but I was just trying to have a laugh together, either way I will make it up to K, but at the moment, I don't know how I can make it up to her.

So, with that said, let's get back to today's events. I haven't done much today in all honesty, it has been a long day for me, but it has also been relaxing. I spent most of the afternoon just sleeping and eating, it can't get any easier than that!

The best part about today was that I found my sisters stash of Rich Tea biscuits, but I think I went overboard, I ended up eating all the Rich Tea biscuits, this now means I will have to replace those tomorrow.

Anyhow, I have to sign off now because I have an early start and I am meeting up with K, so look forward to reading that blog tomorrow.

### **Always Keep Close Friends** \- 22 May 2013

Well, it looks like my knee has started to play up again. I don't know what caused this, but ever since I came back from seeing K yesterday, it started to get gradually worse. If my knee continues to give me problems, I will have to visit the doctor to see what he thinks because the pain at the moment is really bad and it's starting to annoy me!

Anyhow, let's discuss the day out I had yesterday with K. The day started out at 10am at the train station, K was going to meet me there, and then we were going to get a Costa Coffee, well hot chocolate. After about twenty minutes, K arrived and we were heading towards Costa Coffee. I was glad that K arrived because I was dying to use the toilet. So, after a short walk, we arrived at Costa Coffee. Before I discuss more about this visit, I want to put out a brief hint, Costa Coffee, Sponsor? Sorry I could resist, back to the visit. Once we brought or drinks and sat down, I said to K that I needed to use the toilet, if I held on much longer there  
would have been a mini pond appearing in the shop, and in all honesty, I don't think Costa Coffee would have appreciated that. Anyhow, after I finished in the toilet, we sat talking about all different things. I found it funny when K was unimpressed by what cup she was given. The cup had two handles, and it looked the bottom of a child's sippy-cup, all it needed was the top half of the spout, and there you go, you have a child's sippy-cup. I think Costa Coffee was giving her a hint, but I won't comment about that because it made me giggle, and if I laughed anymore she will be entitled to slap me.

Once we finished our drinks, K mentioned that she was hungry, so we decided to go into the shopping centre so she could grab something to eat. I always have a laugh with K when she tries to decide what to eat because she goes from one restaurant to the other to see what she fancies. We did the same as last time, started off at the Jacket Potato restaurant then read the menu, then went over to the Noodle Bar and then K read the menu there, as she was reading the second menu it was making me giggle because this was the same as last time. I don't blame K for being picky though because we all fancy different things, and sometimes we don't fancy some foods, I am like this at times ... okay I am like this all the time! Anyhow, after a couple of minutes K picked what she wanted and we sat down together. We did our usual, we chatted about all different things. On a different note, I forgot to mention that I gave K a signed copy of my book and a big bar of Galaxy chocolate. I brought her the chocolate  
because I ruined her Sunday of Eurovision, and I needed to make it up to her.

During our chats, we spoke about how things are between us. Since I met K, I have been getting stick from my family about them thinking there's more going on between me and K. I have protested with them on many occasions that myself and K are just best friends, but for some reason they don't listen. When myself & K spoke about this, we agreed that we are just best friends, which is fine with me because at the end of the day, I would rather have her as a best friend than nothing at all. Even though we all wish for things to be different, we can't always have that difference, but we can have something instead of nothing. I know with myself & K we will always be close, and nothing will change. I will always be there for her and she will be there for me, and that's better than having nothing at all because in reality, I couldn't live without her because she has become a big part of my life, and I don't want that to change.

So, with that said, it was time to do shopping together. I needed to get food because I was starting to run out and I didn't fancy taking any from my sisters cupboards. I asked K to come with me because she has more knowledge on foods I could try, and it was also nice to have her there giving me extra advice. The shopping trip was certainly fun, and I was also being stubborn. I always try to stick to what foods I know, which means I don't try new things, but that's why I had K with me. Even though I was being stubborn, K picked out about eight other foods that I agreed to try.  
The one thing I loved about doing the shopping with K was that she suggested different foods, but she didn't force me to get food that I felt off about. I know K has a big heart, and she looks out for me, and she sees that I am getting stronger with my eating, which she wants to see that get better.

Anyhow, the trip went perfectly, and I can't thank K enough for doing this for me. I know that she does it out of love and kindness because she cares about me, and like I said before we are best friends, nothing more; that one is for my family members who are trying to be funny, you are aware you can be good friends with someone and nothing more?

Anyway, with that said, we headed back to Costa Coffee. I didn't want anything this time because I wasn't thirsty, but K had an iced strawberry drink. Once K had finished her drink, we headed over to the train station because it was time to go home. This is always the one part that upsets me, I never like saying goodbye, but I know I will see K again.

I am going to stop this blog for today, but I want to leave you with some words of wisdom.

Always keep hold of what you do have, don't seek for what you don't have because it is better to hold on to what you do have and not what you don't. 

### **Post What I Like!** \- 24 May 2013

So, I have been thinking. Over many years people have always walked all over me, and no matter how much I have tried to stop this from happening, I have never found the confidence to do it, until now! That's right, I will not allow anyone to take advantage of me, and I won't even entertain people who judge me. I don't care what people think any more, life is short living in the day I cannot be bothered with people putting me down every day.

I find it funny how people can judge me on the way that I look or by my disability, if I was to do the same thing to them, it would be a totally different story altogether. When it happens to other people, they don't like when the shoe is on the other foot, they soon bitch and complain about this person, but its okay for them to do it beforehand? I don't think it works like that. Everyone is equal no matter who you are, if you can't accept backlash from your own actions and don't dish it out because you're making yourself look like an utter fool, as the old saying goes, and if you haven't got anything nice to say then don't say it at all.

Anyway, from this point onwards, I am going to be more assertive, and if those people don't like it, or that their problem not mine. This means I will only care about those people who are close to me. Everyone else is just secondary. I know this might sound mean, but at the end of the day I am fed up with people trying to walk all over me or tell me what to do, those people aren't worth my time.

What this will also mean is that, I won't give a toss about what I post online, you either love me or hate me, either way I don't care what you choose, but it isn't going to affect my life. With this said, it may seem harsh about my choices, but I think on a whole, it will be better for me and my daily life.

This conversation has been a long time coming, and it only since recently when I have spoken to K about this that I have taken her advice and said she is right, and I am not going to stand for it anymore. What also pushed me towards making this decision, was those people who would complain to me over inbox on Facebook about what I post. Don't get me wrong, I am used to people complaining at me, but I have been sat thinking about the situation I have found myself in over recent months. I have been blamed for many things recently, and all these situations were not my fault. These were started by mindless rumours that one never true, and when it came to me defending myself that was a whole different story because people believed the lies over what was the truth. I don't know how these people can sleep at night, they go around acting like a baby, passing around malicious rumours, and then they like they have done nothing wrong. I am no longer going to be involving myself we certain people, and if that means I lose friends, then I don't care. I don't deserve this trouble, I have a lot on my plate as it is, and it is a lot more important and worrying about mindless idiots.

Anyway, enough of this rant. I am going to bed now, but before I do go, I wanted to say that I needed to get that off my chest.

### **Bad Colic, and Dictation Trick** \- 28-29 May 2013

28 May 2013:

Well, it's the end of the May bank holiday here in the UK. Mine has ended on quite bad note, I have been struggling with pain since the early hours of the morning. I knew this would happen because I had pain in the night before, and I had classic symptoms of a bad colic attack, so I knew I was in for a rough ride. I think this was my own fault really, I have been gorging on loads of food recently because I've been feeling lonely, this means I've been comfort eating to cover up the loneliness I feel. This isn't really a bad thing because I need to gain weight, but in all fairness, I have brought this on myself because I have overate. I am hoping these pains go away very soon because I'm starting to get very tired and the pain is starting to get on my nerves.

The current time is 6:34AM and the rain is pouring down, such lovely British weather, you would think we would be used to it by now, but no, we still complain. I haven't got much planned for today, maybe I'll write some more of my books, it just depends on whether I shift this pain or not.

Talking about my books, I have recently been working hard on my life story, this will be the first part of my  
story. I plan to write my life story as a series of books rather than one book because I feel that I have more of my life to share, and obviously you cannot share that in one book. Some people say you can write your life story into one book, but in fairness I like to go the extra mile and add as much detail as possible. I don't really have a timescale on these books, after all life changes very fast, and who knows what could happen? I don't want to go into what if's, but at the end of the day it's reality. Maybe I will release a book every five or ten years, or I might carry on working with the BoggyBook Series and release a book every three months. I'm not sure really because the BloggyBook Series focuses on current events in my life and it'll be quite hard to drift away from this routine, like many writers we have book series and at times we don't want to drift away from this because it's fulfilling its purpose, but in this instance I am missing huge chunks of my life that I have yet to write about, which means I'm going to have a few extra book in between the blogging series. I don't see this as a bad thing, but I do see it as more work for me. I just hope that all is hard work will pay off and people will enjoy reading my books.

I'm going to share a writing technique with you all, recently I've been using dictation on the Mac to write my books. I have found that this helps me to be more creative and more free to my own writing style, and it has also helped me write faster. Normally when I write it takes me on average four hours to write a five-hundred word blog, but now after using dictation, I am able to write five-hundred words in thirty minutes. As  
you can see this is huge time saver, but this will only help when you have created flow, if you are suffering from writer's block this will prove more challenging for you, but then again there are methods to cure writer's block. I do hope that Apple won't remove this feature because I would be completely stuck, and I would have to go back to my old method of taking ages to write. I believe dictation; can be found on many platforms, and that even means the mobile phone or tablet device. So, have a look round and give dictation ago because I'm sure you won't be disappointed.

On another about my books, it turns out the person who was pirating them has been busy yet again. This one person is continually re-posting my books to file sharing websites, which means every time someone downloads those books I lose money in revenue. I completely understand that this stuff happens, and it is happening to many people, but what I don't get, is how this person is continually re-posting it to other websites. Some people say it is because you're getting popular, and in fairness this is wonderful, but I am no one special. I'm just one man with a passion for writing and I share my life with everyone. In this situation the money isn't the major problem, the issue is with distribution. I never authorized this person to distribute my books and neither did my publisher, if this person would have contacted me, it would have been a whole different story, but they didn't, and even if they did it would incur costs. Unfortunate incurring costs are unavoidable because I incur costs and I need to cover myself, so in reality we are in a no-win situation on either side. I do encourage this person to remove my 
material from file sharing sites, and I also asked that they do this for other authors that they have ripped off.

**29 May 2013** :

Oh fiddlesticks, it looks like I forgot to post yesterday blog. I was feeling very rough yesterday because of my gallbladder, it certainly caused me some discomfort, but nevertheless today is a new day and it seems like the problems are out the way.

I will quickly go over what I have done today, and the reason for this quick summary is that I have writing to do and it needs to be done.

Today was mostly spent shopping and sorting some other things out. I was running out of food again, which meant spending more money. I don't know what it is recently, but I have had a huge craving Jaffa Cakes and rich tea biscuits. I know I shouldn't have loads of these, but I can't help myself, I'm a creature of habit and I will eat what the hell I like, but I will of course share them with those special people. The only extra thing I brought when I went shopping was Baileys ice-cream, which didn't last long I must admit. When we walked through the front door, I sat down on the sofa and opened the Baileys ice-cream. I am sorry, but I love Baileys ice-cream and I can eat tubes of it, well if I had the chance to I would, but I'm not allowed because of my gallbladder, there's always something getting in the way of my fun.

I certainly enjoyed the ice-cream and I'm now going to sign off to nurse an ice-cream bellyache. Before I go don't forget there are only three days to go until 1  
June, this will be the start of me blogging daily for another three months and you will find this published in the summer season of BloggyBook. I will of course let you know when this is published. So until then, bye for now!

### **Summer, and Society Changes** \- 1 June 2013

Well, today to start of the summer season, the one time of year we all crave for all winter. This of course won't last long because we can only take so much of the heat, which means we'll moan about that instead. I don't get it with humans and weather, they all dream about going to warmer climates, but when they get too hot they moan about it. Why can't they just take a temperature they like and stick to it? I'm not too fussy; I like cooler weather rather than hotter weather, and I don't spend all my year wishing for the weather to change.

Anyway, enough of this weather talk, it is giving me the shakes just thinking about it! Over the last few days I have been thinking about my life goals, it may sound stupid, but we all have goals and dreams that we aspire to reach or complete. I realized that I don't have many goals in life, it isn't like I don't have the skills because I have many. I use many skills every day and with each them I have my own unique talent. So what are my goals? I simply don't know, to be honest I don't even know where my life is heading, let alone the goals I want to achieve. I guess it's the past that's  
holding me back, but then again when I think about it, this isn't always holding me back because I have achieved so much so far. So, the question again, what are my goals? I guess you could say my goals achieved daily, it doesn't matter what they are, but I achieved it.

I don't always look towards the future because in all fairness there is no point, it isn't like my life will change any time soon. Some people reading this might see it as being negative, but at the end of the day life is different for everyone, we are all dealt a different hand of cards, some good and some bad, but we all get through it because we have to. If you don't ride the wave of life how do you expect to learn? You need to take the good and bad in life, yes it may be a rocky ride when you go through the bad times, but when you go through the good times, it will be like walking through a sunny garden on a peaceful day, and nothing else will matter because in reality you have everything you need.

Some people don't even realize how wonderful life can be, take me as an example, I appreciate the simple things in life, and in reality that is the way we all should be. When you compare today's life to fifty years ago, it isn't as simple as it used to be. I think in a way this is because society has changed, and not in a good way either. I always call our society judged because everyone has got an opinion about something, it doesn't matter what it is or who you are, someone I have an opinion about it. I always get looks from people because I dribble, not that I give a toss because  
it's none of their business, but it happens and in reality there's nothing I can do. This is the same for many racial backgrounds, they are judged by where they come from, or even by the colour of their skin.

My opinion of this is simple, we are all equal, no one is above each other because in the end we follow the same path in life.

Well, it is nearly 3AM in the morning, and I'm totally exhausted! So, it looks like I'm in for another sleepless night, is it again caused by digestive discomfort and pains. The worst part about this is that I have to take strong painkillers to help the pain, but because of the side-effects they make me feel high, and at the moment I feel more high than pain-free, which isn't good when you need to sleep! So, if this blog doesn't make any sense, don't worry, it is just a little mites in my head sweeping my words under the carpet. I think the best thing I can do, is lie down on the sofa and watch TV for a few hours. Before I lie down, I need to mention a funny story. I was standing in the kitchen making a cup of tea, I turned around to look for my cup, when I did this, I saw a black shadow trail in front of me, it made me jump out of my skin because I thought it was a ghost. Well, it turns out the blank shadow I saw was caused by swelling scar tissue in my left eye. Some people don't know this, but if you look my left eye (the lazy one) you will see a black patch near the squint in my eye, this was caused by an operation I had when I was younger to try to correct my lazy eye. At the time the eye was back to normal, but over the years it went back to being lazy. I have been asked if I would like it  
corrected again, but I have refused this because I am used to it, and the best thing is I can see around corners!

So, I still didn't get any sleep and I'm exhausted, but the good news is that my pain has gone away (for now). I don't plan to do much today, after all it is the weekend and to be honest I haven't got the energy walk or do anything. This means I have an excuse to stay in bed and read books on my Kindle all day, but say that; I don't know what I want to do. I can't even think straight, and the funniest part is, I can't even remember writing most of this blog, or stuff I posted on Twitter; this lack of sleep stuff isn't all its cracked up to be!

Well, it turns out; I forgot that I was meeting K today, I don't know how I forgot, maybe it was the lack of sleep that clouded my mind? I only remembered when K text me this morning, she said I will see you around 2-2:30PM, I sat on my bed all confused, I couldn't even remember. After about five minutes, it clicked, I was meant to be meeting K today. When I realized, I quickly jumped off my bed and started putting new clothes on, which didn't take me long because I already had new clothes set out for today. I didn't mean to forget on purpose, my mind is all over the place at the moment and somehow I just forgot, I guess is my old age creeping in again, and yes I know K, I am only twenty-four, but at this rate you will have to stick me in a home!

So, with this said, I left my house at around one o'clock, and I believe I arrived in town twenty minutes later. I had about an hour to kill before K arrived, so I decided to pick up a new magazine from the local WHSmith store. Initially I was looking for a magazine that I am already subscribed to, but they didn't have the latest issue, so I decided to look for something new. I found magazine called writing forum, it was similar to the magazine I subscribe to, but this issue caught my eye because of some of the articles that it had. Once I brought the magazine, I stood outside the shop and read through most of the articles until it was time for K to arrive.

After an hour went by, K arrived and we start heading towards the main shopping centre because K was starting to feel hungry. She already knew what she wanted, which was a bonus because we knew where we were going. When we sat together, we spoke about many things. I explained about my new magazine, and when K was looking through it she found courses for creative writing. K said to me that I should do the course because it will help me with something I am passionate about, which is true, but in some ways I don't think I'm that good, I could never be a world selling writer, well not one that people will remember; I guess K has more faith in me, at least someone does. I will look into some creative writing courses, I want to find some close by because this will save me traveling many miles.

Due to circumstances out of my control, I need to sign this off, but I will carry it on tomorrow once I've had sleep. 

### **Catching up with Sleep** \- 2 June 2013

So, it turns out the lack of sleep finally caught up with me; I ended up sleeping for around five hours in the morning and then I woke up feeling totally rough. My head was pounding and I was dehydrated, two combinations you shouldn't mix because it makes you feel like you have been smacked in the head. After I found the power to get up, I made myself a cup of tea and grabbed some biscuits out of the cupboard. I then went to sit down on the sofa to stuffing my face with rich tea biscuits, which I now have to get more because I ate them all. At this point it was around 7:07am and I couldn't sleep because the tea woke me up. To be brief, nothing much happened from that point onwards; I spent the time watching television, well until 10am, that's when I went back to bed because I was feeling rough again.

Anyway, let's continue with yesterdays story. Myself & K were sat in Costa Coffee, we were having our usual drinks, well I was going back to habit because I had one tea and one hot chocolate. I was feeling so tired and this was my attempt at curing it. This worked for a while, until I had walk home that is. I had to laugh about our Costa Coffee visit, K said to me that I could share her tray, so I did. She said we can have half each, so trying to be funny, I put my take away cup on top of her saucer, I just laughed when she said, now your just taking the mick. So, instead I decided to be funny again by stacking my cups of top of each other, see K didn't say how far I could share going in height, I even said pass me that tea pot, we will see if it balances 
on top, and before you go thinking that I did do this, you would be sadly mistake. If I did do this it would have made me chuckle, but in all fairness, I don't think Costa Coffee would have appreciated it.

Anyhow, after we had our drinks K needed to get a new purse. This was a funny experience; I don't get why woman love handbags and purses so much, I guess this is a typical male thought, but saying that I do enjoy certain things myself, and think we all have things we like to collect. While K was looking through the purses in the shop, she noticed many she liked, but I think couldn't make up her mind. I was trying to wind her up by saying that she could get one cheaper from the pound shop; I don't know why she didn't find it funny, okay maybe I do, maybe I was being a bit of a meanie. So, to be brief, K found a purse and bag she wanted. I don't think she will invite me shopping again because I was trying to embarrasses her in the shops, maybe I should shut up sometimes, saying that though, if I started acting differently she would think there's something wrong with me.

The time was now getting on, which meant that it was time to go home. I decided to get a train home with K, it was only £2 to get home, so I thought why not. This led to another funny moment, the next train was about to leave, so we rushed up to the platform and jumped on to the train, and for some reason we didn't check what the stops were. So, with this said, when I checked I noticed that it didn't have my stop, which meant I had to go back on myself. When I saw this, I just laughed because it was a funny mistake, but with 
K being so caring, she felt guilty that I had to make an extra stop, this wasn't her fault after all, it was a simple mistake we both made. So, with this said, I got off at my stop and gave K a hug. I wasn't waiting at this station for too long, I was only waiting for around fifth-teen minutes, so it wasn't too long. While I was waiting around, it gave me an opportunity to take a picture of the station, I will put the picture I took at the end of this blog. Anyway, after a short train ride, I arrived back into my local station. All I needed to do now was to walk home, which didn't take long, but it did hurt my legs.

So, on that note, I am going to sign off because I need to have more sleep. I am hoping that I will be in better spirits tomorrow, but who knows? Tomorrow is a new day after all.

### **Dependency Addiction** \- 3 June 2013

It's another late night for me, which means more sleep deprivation and unwanted irritability. I need to find a way to cure all these sleeping problems, it isn't good for me at all. I am hoping to see my doctor today, maybe he will have a better solution for all this. The only thing I can think of that's causing these problems are the pains I suffer from, and even though I take strong painkillers, it doesn't ease the pain. This will explain why I have been all over the place recently, my thought process has been shot out of the water because I am unable to think properly. Most of my pains are caused by nerve damage or digestive discomfort, both of these are self-explanatory so I won't need to go into details. Anyhow, I had better try to get some sleep, after all the mind isn't as sharp when you're tired.

I had some luck, well kind of, at 2am I decided to take to cure my pain so I could sleep. After twenty minutes, the pills kicked in and I was out like a light. This was a relief to me because I didn't want to repeat this vicious circle I have been going through over the last few days. This method of using tablets to make you sleep isn't one I would recommend because you can become dependent on them, and that is the last thing you want to happen.

   The ironic thing about this is that I am dependent on my medication, not as an addiction, but as a pain reliever. I have taken these pills for around six years and I have to take them every four hours, and even though I take a high dosage every day, it doesn't stop my  
pain, it only settles for a while and then I have to wait several hours for more pain relief. So, in a way you could call this a dependency addiction, which means I need the tablets to keep my pain away, if I don't take the tablets it will cause the pains to get much worse. I would rather take the tablets than sitting around in pain being miserable.

Today's been very relaxed, we went shopping to pick up some food and then we walked home, nothing exciting really. When I arrived home, I started looking into the magazine I brought a couple of days ago. I am debating whether to enter some of the competitions, there will be thousands of people entering these competitions, and in all honesty, I don't think I'll have a chance of getting in the top one hundred. I guess I'll give it ago, it won't cost much to enter, so I won't have much to lose, but if it does pay off, it will mean that my work will be publicized in their magazine. While I'm talking about this, I sorted my subscription to this magazine. I was confused because they only displayed prices for a yearly subscription and I wanted it to be every three months. So, with that said, I gave them a call and explained what I wanted to do, they said this was fine and to help me out they added on another issue just encase I missed the next magazine, which I appreciated because I didn't want to lose out.

Anyhow, nothing more has happened today, in all fairness it has been very quiet. So, on that note, it is time for me to sign off. I hope I will sleep better tonight because I can't put up with this much longer.   

### **Sofa Swapping in my Sleep** \- 4 June 2013

How about this for a story, during the night I managed to move from one sofa to they other while I was asleep, and here's the funny part, at the same time I managed to use the toilet, how I managed to do this, I don't know, but as you can see, it has given me something to discuss in this blog. I have done many weird things in my sleep before, and think this one is the weirdest so far. Some people will disagree with that because there was a time I woke up and thought my trainer was a TV remote, and no word of lie, I was lying on the sofa trying to change TV channels and I was getting annoyed because it didn't work. As you could imagine everyone thought this was hilarious, and to this day they still remember it. They won't let it drop, they're like a dog with a bone sometimes, but I guess sometimes I am guilty of doing the same thing, I just hate it when the jokes on me.

Anyhow, I won't be making this blog very long today because the weather is taking its toll on me. The sun has started to shine in all its glory, which means it brings many hot days and nights. I don't mind, but it is going to annoy me because heat makes feel very on edge, it's like I turn into a completely different person. When I think about this, it reminds me of the latest Snickers advert here in the UK. The advert focuses on how your not yourself when your hungry and in many respects this is true. I know these are two separate situations, but in fairness they are similar because you do become different when you are out of your comfort zone.

Enough of me babbling on, its time for me to do some writing. So, until tomorrow, stay well and enjoy the hot weather.

### **4am Early Bird** \- 5 June 2013

As the old saying goes, the early bird catches the worms. The current time is 4:30am, I don't know why I am up this early, but I guess it doesn't matter. Being up this early normally helps me unleash my creative side, well whatever passes for creative these days. Talking about creativity, I spent most of yesterday writing a short story for a competition I am entering. I thought I would give it ago, after all you don't know until you try, you never know, I might have a chance of winning, but I guess I won't find out until they contact me.

Well, it's been a few hours now and I have spent most of the time sorting previews of my books for the Google play store. I did this to allow Google users to download my books via the Google bookstore, after all, I am on every other online store, so I couldn't really dismiss this store. While I was doing this, I found time to order a new Mac Mini. I needed to have a change because this laptop is becoming more of an inconvenience to me. The problem with laptops is that they become very hot when you have them on your lap, and I have also found they get hot while in use on any table top. I do have other reasons for swapping to a desktop machine, and one of those are to do with my high usage.  
I want to start having regular breaks, this will mean that I will be able to step away for a short period and then return feeling more refreshed because I have taken a break. So, if we look at this practically, it should help me in many ways, which should make an improvement to my daily life.

So, it turns out I fell asleep for five hours, and I didn't even plan to do it. I was exhausted by 1pm and I don't think my body could go on much longer. This was my own fault for waking up at 4am and pushing myself to stay awake, I know you shouldn't do this, but at time I was feeling wide awake.

Anyway, when I woke up, I went downstairs to see what my parents were doing, as always they were watching TV and sitting on the sofa. When my mum saw me she said I was starting to get worried because it has been quiet, I replied nah, I have been asleep because I was up early this morning. After our chat I noticed there was some post for me, it was the latest copy of Writing Magazine. I thought to myself, fantastic, I have something to read. I love reading these magazines because they help me to be more creative, and they also offer advice from other authors. Recently I have grown to love the author community, it is filled with many interesting people. I do hope this will continue to grow and turn into something more as the years go by.

I am going to sign off for now, the weather has started to get to me and to be honest, I don't want to melt in front of this computer, after all, if I did melt, I would be a big puddle all over the floor. So, until tomorrow, stay happy and stay solid.

### **Five Hours to Transfer** \- 6 June 2013

The current time is 12:30am and it seems sleep has eluded me yet again. I think yesterday's five hour sleep has had a major affect on my sleep routine for tonight. I can definitely tell it's hot tonight because my nose has started to bleed and my head has started to hurt, this pain could be caused by a sinus problem. I always hate this time of year, it's too hot and it makes all my health problems go mad. I know this may seem weird to some people, but heat can cause many problems, it can make you off balance and it can also effect your thought process.

So, what have I got planned for today? Well, I am going to wait for my new Mac Mini to arrive, and during that time I will make a backup of my MacBook. Once the new Mac Mini arrives, I will restore my backup to this machine, which means I am able carry on using the machine like my MacBook because it's a direct copy. After this has been completed, I can go ahead and format the MacBook. I need to format the MacBook because I am planning to sell, this will also cover any costs I incurred to do this upgrade. This system swap should be simple, I just let it transfer the files during the installation process and that should be it, let's hope it doesn't complain because that's the last thing I need. Anyway, I am going to try to get some sleep, keep in mind the word 'try' because I don't hold out any hope to get any sleep.

Sigh! I have been awake since the early hours again, and I think I am in for a long day. I tried my hardest to sleep, but every time I tried, my body was only allowing me to sleep for thirty minutes at a time. Each time I woke up, it felt like I was carrying a huge weight on my head. There were a few times where I woke up feeling dizzy and hot, and there was also one occasion where I had major numbness across my body. These sleeping problems are starting to get ridicules, it's like my body is refusing to sleep at night, and instead it is choosing to sleep during the day. I am certainly feeling the effects of these problems, but I do hope they settle down soon because it isn't good for my health.

Well, it has been five hours since the Mac Mini arrived and I've only just set it up. The reason it took so long is because it was restoring from a backup drive that only supported low USB speeds, which means it takes longer to transfer the files. I think it's time to get a replacement drive because it's taking too long to transfer files.

Anyway, on that long and lasting note, I am signing off. I need to get away from all this computer stuff because it's giving me a headache.

### **Jaffa Cakes Addiction!** \- 7 June 2013

Well, it turns out I got some sleep last night, but it was still interrupted. I was waking in the middle of the night with pains across my abdomen, these pains were caused by food trying to digest. I know this was self-inflicted, well this time anyway, and probably most of the time recently. I was going to say that I have excuses, but in all fairness, I don't. I know I'm addicted to Jaffa cakes, but what can I do about it? I guess I could cut down on the amount I eat; I normally have twelve at a time, which is probably too many. I know I need to cut down because it's affecting my digestive system.

Today started out semi early for me; I woke up at 8am, and believe me, I didn't want to get up, but I had to because I needed to sell my old MacBook. So, I got up and made myself a drink. While I was waiting for my tea to brew, I looked through my cupboard to find 
some food. I was spoilt for choice, I had Weetabix, noodles, spaghetti and Jaffa cakes, bet you can guess what I chose. That's right, I chose Jaffa cakes. If I had more time, I would have chosen to cook noodles, but because I was in a rush, I needed to make something quick.

So, to brief, I had my breakfast and then I walked into town. When I arrived into town, I walked over to the shop where I was selling my MacBook. I always go to this shop when I need to sell something because I get the cash straight away. After a long wait and some minor negotiations, I walked out the shop with some money, I won't say how much I got for my MacBook because its only money. Once I deposited that into my bank account, I headed over to Tesco to pick up some shopping. I had a long list of things I needed to buy, but in the end I only walked out with two items.  I wasn't in any mood to carry loads of shopping home, so I decided to just buy the things I needed.

Anyhow, apart from walking home, nothing more has happened today. I have been on Twitter most of day connecting with different authors, and I have also been writing more. So, with that said, I am signing off, time to watch some Big Bang Theory!

### **Short Story Writing Took Over!** \- 8 June 2013

Well, it's 6:30PM in the evening and I have only just started to write today's blog. I have a valid excuse for this, I needed to finish a short story that I was entering into a competition, this has taken up the majority of my day. I definitely know this has tested my abilities as a writer, but this isn't a bad thing of course because it's challenging me to be more creative.

I am planning to enter many competitions throughout the year, well try to enter as many as I can. Some competitions will be harder than the others because they have different rules. The one I am doing at the moment has certainly proved to be hard because you have to include a certain sentence.

Anyway, let's discuss a different topic. I have seen  some improvement to my health today, it seems that the pains in my abdomen have settled down, but in a way, I am expecting this to come back again.  I think I should come up with a plan to stop this from happening, as I mentioned a couple of days ago, these problems were playing havoc with my digestive system. I don't want to go through each day with these pains, it isn't good and it isn't healthy for me. So, I think I should start having smaller meals and drinking more regular because it'll help regulate my system. Like I said a few days ago, I won't go into details about this because it is personal, and in all fairness you don't want to know about these problems.

What will I be doing this evening? Well, the most likely answer to that is writing, and probably reading some of  
the new books I have brought on my Kindle.  One of the books I brought was called "SCANDAL–The Death of a Legacy" and it was written by an author called Johnny Ray. I have only read the first chapter so far, but it's certainly a good read so far. I would definitely recommend this to a friend or family member.

So, on that note, it's time to sign off. I know this blog hasn't been long today, but in all fairness, I've had other things to attend too.

### **Psychological Block?** \- 9 June 2013

Well, another project out the way and another one started again. I finished my short story entry last night at 11AM, which I was over the moon about because it was starting to drive me absolutely nuts! This is what a writer's life is all about, you write every day and no matter what it is, it fuels your passion to carry on writing. As a writer, I have found that I need to challenge myself each day to keep my passion burning, if I don't challenge myself I would just stop and that is one thing I never want to do.

Today's challenge was poetry, this isn't something I normally do, but I decided to give it ago. After all, I have nothing to lose by doing this. When I first started writing about the poetry, it didn't come to me so easily, I was kind of making a game out of it, you know like making up silly rhymes that were unrelated to the project. This silliness wore off after a while and I started 
to focus more on the project. Like I mentioned before I'm not much of a poet, in my life I have probably written around ten poems, but with that said, I've always had good responses. This poetry I have written previously was achieved when I was younger, it was during a time when a relationship was starting to test my emotions. Now I don't like living in the past, but these emotions can bring out the best in people, and in my situation, writing was the only thing that kept me from shutting myself away from the world. Don't get me wrong, my life wasn't that bad, but there were definitely certain aspects that were testing my abilities as a person.

Anyway, away from this past stuff, I haven't got long to complete this poetry. I'm hoping this will be like the short story, where it only took me a couple of days to complete. My major problem is my learning difficulties, it certainly gets in the way when I'm trying to write, and this is no word of a lie, it has caused me much stress because I'm unable to write down what I'm thinking, it's like the words get mixed up in my head. This is going to sound absolutely stupid, but I can hear the sentence in my mind, but I'm unable to write it down. I don't know what causes this, I've always blamed my learning difficulties like I mentioned before, but then again could it be something psychological? There could be something preventing me from writing down the sentences I hear in my mind, whether this is consciously or subconsciously. I will have to research this because no one knows the proper answer, and no one knows what causes it, so in some ways I will never  
know, but in another respect, I will be able to deal with this problem.

I'm going to leave you with those thoughts, but before I sign off, I will include a poem below.

Everyone has a writer stuck within,

Let him out and don't chuck him in the bin,

Write down on paper what you adore,

Don't end like a bum lying on the floor.

\- Marc

### **Write Poetry?** \- 10 June 2013

As I sit here at 8:30pm in the evening, I reflect on the busy day that I've had. I won't go into details about this because it isn't anything major, but it certainly tested my stress levels. The most part of my day was spent walking backwards and forwards to town, and believe me, it made me tired. When everything was said and done, I retreated to my bed for a short nap. I was only expecting to sleep for about an hour, but it turns out my body wanted more, and I woke up about three hours later.

Anyhow, let's discuss writing. Yesterday I mentioned about doing poetry for a competition, well it turns out I got that completed, but it took me some time to get my head around what poetry really is. When I was young I was always taught that poems had to rhyme, but it  
turns out this is wrong. Poems can rhyme, but in another respect they don't have to. So, yesterday may have seemed like I wasted time, but in reality, I didn't because I learnt that poems don't need to rhyme. I spent a few hours yesterday evening Reading poetry, this helped me tremendously because within an hour I had completed my poem.

After I had written the poem, I sat and thought for a while about doing my own poetry book. I know I'm not fantastic at poetry, but it is something I would like to explore. Poetry isn't like writing a story, it is merely short and descriptive, but even with that said, I'm sure you could write a story into a poem. When I talk about stories I mean it in the sense of a long story, not a short story. I know there have been many successful short story poems, for example the Owl and the Pussycat.

I do hope that I can write a poetry book of some kind, but I think it will take me time to get it completed because poetry is new to me. The best thing I can do is publish one book of poetry and then test how it goes along, some people may like it and others may not, but this is the risk we take as a writer. We have to take these small steps to test the water, then if it doesn't work out it's no loss, but what it will give you is an experience.

Anyhow, I'm going to leave you with that, but I do hope you all support me with this poetry book and let's all hope that it will grow into something good.

### **Apple Genius?** \- 11 June 2013

Today started how it began, and that was from midnight onwards. I was unable to sleep last night due to medical problems, which means I have been up since yesterday and I was exhausted by 6am this morning. I can't complain too much, this free time gave me time to write. I successfully wrote another poem last night, I did write another, but I failed halfway through. Even though I fell halfway through, I can always start again from the beginning, it's all a learning curve and I'm going along with it.

Even though I was exhausted, I wasn't going to allow the tiredness to get in my way. I was going to Lakeside with K to get her iPhone fixed, she has been having issues with it for a while and it needed to be resolved. I left the house at around 8:30am this morning, and as always I arrived extremely early. This gave me time to fuel up on tea because I couldn't eat anything due to my medical problems.

When I went to buy my tea I was expecting the retailer to make it for me, but this wasn't the case. They gave me a cup of boiling water and a teabag in a packet, you had to make it all yourself. I don't get why they do this because Starbucks or Costa Coffee make it for you, and for the price I paid you would have expected it. I won't lie, but this did annoy me, if I wanted to make a cup of tea I would have made a flask and brought it with me. Anyway, I'll remember not to go there next time because I want convince when I go out.

While I was sat down at a table preparing my drink, I could hear a buzzing noise like a fly. I just ignored it and carried on, but this fly had other ideas. This fly decided it was convenient to try to fly into my ear, as this happened I jumped out of my skin, it was lucky that I wasn't holding any drinks at the time because they would have gone everywhere! I think that fly needs a new GPRS or something, if it thinks my ear is a flaming landing pad.

Anyhow, to be brief, K had finally arrived and we were heading towards the Apple Store. I couldn't believe how behind Apple were, we didn't get seen until fifth-teen minutes after our appointment time. This isn't uncommon for some Apple stores because they get very busy, but usually you are seen on time. When the Apple employee came over to help, they listen to what the problem was, but instead of blaming the hardware, they blamed the software, which was totally wrong. K had many hardware related faults, and I can guarantee that iPhone will carry on displaying the same faults. All the employee did was do a factory restore, this can be done at home, you don't need to visit the apple store to do it. I wanted to step in when the employee said about doing a restore, but I stayed quiet because I didn't want to get into another argument with this store. I have had previous problems with this store, which I can't discuss because of legal reasons any idea I could get in trouble because I signed a legal waiver due to the compensation I received.

Once K's iPhone was restore, we had to make a move because K was going to be late for work, and if I remember, 
I think she was, but not by much. So, while we were heading towards the train station, we quickly popped into McDonald's because K needed some lunch.

Anyway, we weren't on the train for long, but we spent the time mostly chatting about different things. I always hate it when I have to say goodbye because I always think silly things, which we won't go into because that's another story entirely.

So, as I was walking away from the train station, I could see two girls sitting on the corner of the road, they were drunk out of their minds. When I was walking past them they made a suggestion to me about my male area, I didn't want answer this, after all, I don't want to disappoint them with the answer I would give them. Even though it was a rude question, it made me laugh, so I guess everybody's a winner.

The walk home was okay, well it was until I fell of the curb and damaged my back. I didn't plan for this to happen, I was just being clumsy and there you go, I damaged my back. So, this meant that my Dad had to pick me up after I brought my shopping.

Anyhow, nothing more has happened today, so this means I can sign off now and I will speak to you all tomorrow.

### **Crime Story Research** \- 12 June 2013

Well, today started out with a journey into the town centre with my mother, or as I call her Worzel Gummidge! This is just a playful nickname I call her, it isn't anything nasty. We had to pick up some shopping and we needed to do some other stuff. The walk around town was okay, but it was also uncomfortable for me because I was still suffering from pains across my back from the incident yesterday. These pains have spread across to my shoulders and legs, which is caused me even more discomfort, even as we speak I'm trying to push through the pain.

Anyhow, after this trip into the town centre, I came home and started to do research on the crime novel I am working on with K. So far, I have handwritten around five hundred words, which is around three and a half pages long. I will be using this research to help construct the novel and to also give more clear ideas on what the story will be about. Away from the writing side of things, I have been watching a program called "Coma," K recommended that I should watch it because it could give us some ideas, obviously we want to write something unique, so were not going to steal other people's ideas. The program is around three hours long, and unfortunately I fell asleep halfway through, which means I am going to watch it again tonight and write up notes at the same time. I do hope this research doesn't go to waste because it will be something interesting to write about. We haven't got any timescale for this book, I am hoping it will be done within the next two years. I know this seems like a long  
time scale, but at the end of the day we are working together as a team and we want to get it right.

So, that's what I have done today, I didn't want to make this blog too long because I'm feeling unwell and I'm also feeling extremely tired. I guess it's all these late nights that are catching up with me, obviously I can't help these things, but I hope overtime these problems will become easier to deal with. On that note, I am going to sign off now, but before I do, I would like to thank everyone who is supporting me with my books, it is all gratefully appreciated and I thank you all!

### **Change Publisher?** \- 13 June 2013

So, today was an interesting day. As I mentioned yesterday, I was starting to do research for a book myself & K were working on. This research involves watching other crime related programs to get ideas for the story, and it also involves tons of writing. I will be writing a blog tomorrow about the crime film I watched today, it was certainly good, but then again it had an evil twist at the end.

While I'm on the subject of books, I want to discuss different self publishers. I have been thinking recently about changing my publisher, now this isn't because they're rubbish or anything like that, it's purely based on cost. When I normally release a book through my existing publisher, I have to pay delivery costs and the 
cost of the book. I don't mind paying the cost of the book, but I have some issues with delivery costs because there are many self publishers whom will waive the delivery costs e.g, Amazon (CreateSpace). This isn't the only reason why I am thinking about changing, I need to work out what is more cost effective for my readers, and I also need to work out what is cheaper for distribution chains. I have found there are many other cheaper alternatives to get my books distributed. So, currently I am working out the pros and cons, and it looks like I may be changing publishers very soon, this is not something I really want to do, but due to costs I have to. I won't be changing publishers completely, I will be using my existing publisher to publish my e-book formats because they have an easy way to get into other online ebook stores.

On another unrelated subject, I think I've made my dad very happy. I brought him the latest Status Quo album yesterday while I was in town. I was meant to give him it on Sunday because this was his father's day gift, but I decided to give him it early. Myself, mum and dad were sat around his computer listening to this new album, we all enjoyed the new album, and I think my dad loved it the most. I am a big lover of Status Quo music, and most of the time I love to listen to all the other classical bands. I know this sounds weird, a young person liking all the old music that can't be right, can it? My love for this music started many years ago when I was a child, as I grew up I was taught to appreciate older forms of music. Even though this appreciation is more for older music, I still appreciate today's music as well. The music released years ago  
seemed to be more unique in my opinion, nowadays you will find that some artists copy each other, now don't get me wrong, this happened years ago too, but it happens more frequently now. Take me as an example, as a guitarist I learn a wide range of songs, which means I am copying those artists, but with that said, I also try to write my own music and lyrics.

Anyway, enough of me babbling on, I'm signing off now because I'm starting to feel sick again, but before I do, don't forget to check out tomorrow's blog because I discuss the 2012 film Coma.

### **Coma, it was a Dream?** \- 14 June 2013

Friday is upon us, well its nearly over here. Anyway, let's stop discussing the days of the week and let's discuss the film Coma that I mentioned in my previous blog. Before I start, I would like to say spoiler alert, spoiler alert, if you don't want to know what happens then press the back button on your browser to view my other blogs.

After many days of reminders from K, I finally sat down to watch the film Coma. The film itself was very interesting, it had many twists and turns, and a very unexpected ending, and to this day it has annoyed me because I wasn't expecting it to happen.

The film starts out with the student nurse (Susan) suspecting that there has been foul-play going on within 
the hospital. As the film progresses she finds out that patients are coming in with normal injuries and then they end up in a coma, from this point onwards I thought the hospital were harvesting the organs and taking them out once they died from vegetation. Nothing else entered my mind until Susan started investigating the Jefferson Institute. Mrs. Emerson who was a lead carer at the Institute made a frightening admission, she said to Susan that she was unable to have children and that she made a promise to God for sparing her life. As Susan tries to escape the Institute, she finds many female patients that are pregnant and their babies were still alive.

This seemed like a desperate act by Mrs. Emerson, it was obvious that she was hurting because she couldn't have children, and somehow this was fulfilling that need, but in some respects, her actions were psychotic. Please don't misunderstand my words, many women would like to have children, but they're unable to, and I wouldn't wish that on anyone, but during this film it is clear that the character was suffering from emotional issues surrounding this news of not being able to have children. (I needed to add this in, to make sure I wasn't coming across as evil.)

While I was watching the film, I kept those two scenarios in my mind, I wasn't expecting what happened at the end. When the film gets to the end, Susan wakes up in a hospital bed. I thought to myself, hospital bed? Then, after that Dr. Mark Bellows strolls in and sits on her bed, and says it's okay, it was only a dream! From this point onwards I became annoyed, a dream? How 
could it be just a dream? This was totally unexpected, but I should have caught on, Susan has a fall at the beginning at the swimming pool and for some reason the next scene was with her getting up from that fall, it was there straight away, how did I not catch on?

Anyway, apart from the ending, the film was fantastic, like I said before it had many twists and turns and many plots, what more could you ask for? So, I'd definitely recommend that people watch this, please remember that there are two versions of this film, there was one made in 1978 and one was also made in 2012 (the one I watched). They are both based on the same storyline, but I am guess that will be some difference.

So, there you go that is my opinion about the film Coma. I hope you all enjoyed it, I am now going to sign off and try to find a cure for my sore throat, don't forget to join me tomorrow for another blog filled with joy and happiness!

**First Novel on its Way!** \- 16 June 2013

I have been awake yet again for another night, these pains are not easy to deal with, it seems like every day I get growling pains. Today's pains are unpleasant, it feels like a knife is being jabbed into me. Even though these are unpleasant, I am lucky to have all the medication I need to calm down the pains. Trying to sleep 
was so hard, no matter what I tried the pains wouldn't stop.

Anyway, let's stop discussion these problems, I don't want to depress you all. While I was up all night, I decided to add a new part to the novel myself & K are writing together. I can't remember if I mentioned before, but this will be the first novel I publish, which may seem silly because I've published five books already, but this will be the first full on story and hopefully there will be more than one book to the series. When this is published, I think I will be using a different publisher for the paperback version because it will cost less money to distribute, which means it will cost less to produce. I won't be changing the e-book publisher because they offer better distribution to online marketplaces.

So, apart from this I haven't got anything else to do on this lovely Sunday afternoon. I will of course carry on writing more to the novel, and I think I need to reformat the current blogs for the BloggyBook series. Anyhow, with that said, I'm going to sign off. I definitely need to get some rest sometime today because these nights are making me tired!

### **Author Mentoring** \- 17 June 2013

Well, I'm starting to feel much better, which means I can start writing more contextual blogs because I'm able to think correctly. Today has been very good for 
me, I have started to get my appetite back and I also met up with my best friend K. Talking about my appetite, this morning I started to crave sausage rolls, I don't know why, but I did. So, you would think I only had one sausage roll, well, you thought wrong, I had four! Even after I ate those, I was still hungry, so I decided to have a whole packet of cookies, keep in mind that the cookies were double chocolate chip, who couldn't resist those? Anyway, to say the least I was stuffed after that meal.

Anyhow, let's discuss the topic of this blog. While I was out today with K, it came to me that I look up to K as a mentor, and I don't mean this in a bad sense, but in a good sense. When we discuss things, it always feels like we connect and understand each other, but we also give each other advice. Now lately our conversations have been about writing, which is my fault because I like talking about it. As we discuss this topic, ideas bounce off each other and in a way that helps me to be more creative. The best thing I like about these conversations is the way K explains her feedback, for example my writing style, sometimes I will forget how to use speech marks or even question marks. This feedback has got me far over recent months, but I guess this is like any Author. We all rely on feedback of some kind, and even if it's good or bad, we take the feedback and carry on.

I think in some respects that every author needs a mentor of some kind, whether it's a family friend, acquaintance, best friend, or even some random person you see down at your local pub. As an author you always 
try to find inspiration, and the reason we do this is because our minds can only go so far. This doesn't just apply to author, but in respect, it applies to many industries. No matter what we do as human beings, we seek inspiration wherever we go, and this inspiration can be found in anything, it could be a blade of grass scuttling through the pavement or even, the wind blowing you off your feet. The point is, we all seek inspiration, we all need something or someone in our life to give us the extra push we need to progress.

I can certainly say that K has been my mentor throughout recent months. She alone has inspired me and pushed me towards writing more creatively. When I think about it, I don't think I would have started to progress if she didn't come along in my life. Also, I don't think I would have started writing a novel if it wasn't her giving me inspiration to make something big. The one thing I do know is once the novel is published, it was certainly go a long way.

Anyhow, I hope you enjoyed this blog and I also hope that you take advice within this blog. Just remember one thing, we all need inspiration. So, I am going to sign off, speak to you next blog! 

### **Mia's Eight, and Free eBook!** \- 19 June 2013

What a busy twenty-four hours it's been! I've been unable to sleep and to top it all off, I've had many pains across my stomach. These were caused by my self-inflicted addiction to Jaffa cakes and rich tea biscuits.

Anyhow, let's move swiftly on to today's events. Today was Mia's (niece) birthday, she turned eight years old. I can remember when Mia was first born, she was just a little thing. The first time I held her in my arms, she looked at me and thought 'Oh my god, what's that ugly thing?' Only joking, she lied in my arms and gave me a big smile. I think there is a photo of me holding Mia around here somewhere, but I can't remember where it is because we have a large collection of photos.

I have also loved today because I have seen K again, which is two times this week, but I don't mind, she is a pleasure to have in my life and a fantastic best friend. The reason for going around today was to sort her iPhone because yet again it's failed, thanks Apple! I'm sorry to say this about a company I follow religiously, but you are starting to lose touch with your customers. The problem with K's phone isn't purely software issues, it's also partly hardware issues too. I don't want to bitch about Apple, but on this occasion I'm making an exception because you seem to blame your own software, rather than the hardware it runs on. This issue alone has started to concern me because it's like they're refusing to replace the handsets, which could happen to me in the future and I don't want this to happen, it's bad enough that I get withdrawal symptoms from not using the Internet after twenty minutes, and in all honesty, I couldn't live without my phone, so it better not break down on me or else I am going to cry!

Now on the different subject, I have spent all night writing a free e-book about how we judge each other, and how we are all guilty of judging someone. This book is available free from my publisher (lulu.com) and you can download it right now! The best thing about this book is that it will stay free forever, how about that the commitment? I will of course leave all links at the end of this blog.

Anyway, I've just out to the shops to pick up some food, and no K, I didn't buy any Jaffa Cakes, wish I could, but they're bad for me. So, on that note, it's time for me to sign off again. Don't forget to download your free copy of my new eBook.

Link: http://www.lulu.com/content/e-book/society-judges/13930420

### **Two Free eBooks** \- 21 June 2013

Well, what a busy day! I didn't even eat until 2PM this afternoon, that's how busy it was. Anyhow, with that said, I have finally started offering free downloads to two of my books, one is an older book and the other is a recent book. The reason for making the older one 
free is because it's only short and the time has come to allow me to offer it as a free download. When it came to the recent publication, I decided that it would be preferable to offer it free straight away because it will allow my readers to have something for free. So, you can now download those for free. Oh silly me, I forgot to mention which ones they were! The free downloads include moral rat and society judges, you can find links to those on the sidebar of my website, and the best thing is, they will remain free forever.

I'm sorry for the recent lack of blogs, Life is only been busy over the last couple of days and it has also been interfered with by this cold. I woke up this morning with gunk on my chest and a barking cough. This cold has certainly been ransacking our house recently, first I had it and then everybody else caught it, but then I wasn't expecting to get back again like today. I think mine was mainly caused by an infection on my tongue, last night I stupidly bit my tongue and ever since it has been really painful, and not to mention it's caused my throat to become sore. I'm sure it won't take long to heal, but I'm not holding up my hopes when it comes to a quick recovery.

I was meant to do writing for the novel last night, but unfortunately tiredness took over. Talking about the novel, it seems like I've got stuck again with ideas. When I printed out the four pages, I started making notes down the right side of the manuscript. Once I've finished writing the comments, I started to write notes at the end about what could come next. I don't want to give too much away because it will ruin the book for 
you, but I do hope that this writer's block or whatever you call it will pass very soon. I think I need to follow my own advice, and that is to write anything random to beat the writer's block.

Anyway guys and gals, I'm going to sign off now, I just wanted to let you know what's going on, and I also didn't want you to think I ran away or disappeared. So, until tomorrow, speak to you soon.

### **Third Person Writing Attempt** \- 22 June 2013

I'm going to do something a little different with the blog today, and that is my attempt at third person speaking. I always have a problem with third person speaking, if you look at my books, you will know is that I write as I talk. It seems silly, but I've always written like that. Today will be the test of my third person speaking, so try not laugh when I get it wrong!

Attempt:

Johnny, always loves to play with his ball. He would bounce it everywhere, off the wall, off the ceiling, off the floor, and even off the window. Johnny's mum would get very angry with him, 'stop bouncing that ball!' She would say. Johnny would just ignore her, and carry on bouncing his ball everywhere. One day Johnny's mum decided to teach him a lesson, she hid his ball away from him. 'Where is my ball?' Johnny asked. 'I have hidden it Johnny, I've told you many times to stop bouncing that ball!' She replied. Johnny 
started to cry and went to his bedroom. He lied on his bed with his head underneath the pillow. After five minutes, Johnny's mum went to see if Johnny was okay. She slowly opened the door and whispered 'Johnny, are you okay?' Suddenly there was a big moan, 'No' he mumbled. 'Now, come on Jonny, I have told you about bouncing that ball around the house.' She replied. Johnny slowly lifted his head from underneath the pillow and said 'I'm sorry mum, can I have my ball back please?' 'Of course you can Johnny, but promise me that you won't bounce the ball around the house again.' 'Okay, mum, I promise.' Johnny's mum handed his ball back and gave him a hug. From that day onwards, Johnny, bounced his ball outside.

So, that was my first attempt at third person writing, I do hope you enjoyed it and I hope I can do more of this in the future. I'm going to sign off now because I have a huge stomachache, and the chances are, I am probably going to be sick! Anyhow, until tomorrow, stay safe and be well.

### **Self Publishing for Everyone!** \- 24 June 2013

Well, I'm back again. I'm sorry for missing yesterday's blog, but due to sickness, I was unable to write anything, or do anything for that matter. Now, unfortunately I was unable to attend Mia's birthday party yesterday, but thanks to my sister, we have some photographs to share on the blog. These photos will be in colour on the blog, but in the summer season of BloggyBook, they will be in black-and-white (I will put the pictures at the end). 
So, what have I been up to? Well, apart from feeling sick, nothing much! I've spent most of the time writing out new ideas for stories, and I've also been thinking of new plots for the novel I keep mentioning.

Anyway, let's bring this blog around to something more interesting. I've been thinking recently about the burst in self publishing over the years. This method has helped authors achieve success, without they need to be with a proper publisher. When I first started publishing my books, I was apprehensive about what I needed to do, at first I thought I needed to approach an established publisher, but this all changed when I discovered self publishing.

Self publishing gives you complete control, no contract, no deadlines, and best of all you control what you earn from your books! If you go with the right self publisher, you are able to reach customers from Amazon and other services. The best thing about being on the other bookstores is that your book is always in stock because it's printed on demand, now this doesn't apply to every retailer, but most of them offer a print on demand service that allows your book to be in stock 100% of the time. Some of the retailers will offer an estimated time of delivery, this will mean that they will source your book from your publisher or other retailers because they can't offer on demand printing. This method of sourcing your book from other retailers is a standard practice for many bookstores worldwide.

So, what are you waiting for? Get writing your new books and unleash the potential you have to become an author. If a simple man like me can do it, then so can you! Don't think of what if's or maybes, just get yourself out there and start writing because it doesn't matter if you fail or succeed, the only thing that matters is that you tried and gave it your best, and who knows? You may become a well-known author in years to come.

The two self publishers I recommend are Lulu.com and createspace.com (Amazon), I have personally chosen to stick with Lulu.com because that's where I started at the beginning and I don't want to leave them.

Anyhow, I hope you enjoyed my insight on self publishing, I'm going to sign off now and I will speak to you all tomorrow. As I promised, the photos will be after this paragraph.

### **The Fly Lost!** \- 25 June 2013

Have you ever had one of those times where you need to write, but you have a fly buzzing around your head? Well, that's what I've had all afternoon, it didn't annoy me at first, but after thirty minutes, it was starting to tick me off. The worst thing about it was that it thought my earphones were okay to land on, all I kept on hearing was this faint buzzing sound. I decided to take action against the fly, as it landed on my paper work, I hovered my fist over the fly and waited for it to go still. In a split second I slammed my fist on the table and it squashed the fly, that's one point to me, and now I can carry on with my writing because it isn't annoying me anymore. Just you wait and see, some fly lover will read this blog and start a hate campaign because I killed one fly, wouldn't that be hilarious?

Anyhow, let's discuss a different topic. Today I decided to start sorting through my old documents, but this didn't happen, so I decided to sort through my old cables. I couldn't believe the amount of cables I had, I've got boxes of the things! I even had cables that would twenty years old, it was beyond crazy! So, would that said, I started to organise the cables into piles. I had two piles, one was to keep and one was to throw away, which kind of worked. The pile to keep was still large, but on the other hand, I still threw many cables away. Even though I threw these away, I was still in two minds whether to keep them, you never know when you could need them.

So, apart from doing this sorting out and writing, I haven't done much else. I went into town earlier to pick up some food, yet again might I add! I don't know what it is, but I keep going through loads of food recently. I am lucky in some respects because the amount that I eat doesn't show, even though I do gain weight, but I guess it doesn't show from the outside. I have to be very careful with what I eat and how much I eat because it can give me many problems with my digestion. The one thing I cannot eat is Soya because I'm highly allergic to it, if I eat any it makes my stomach and intestines inflame, which is very painful and it can make me very unwell. This is the main reason why I've been sick recently because I've accidentally ingested food that contained Soya. I'm going to be more careful next time because I hate feeling that unwell.

Anyhow, I'm going to bugger off and be a miserable sod, but before I do, I would like to wish K a very happy birthday and I do hope you party hard! So, until tomorrow, speak to you soon!

**Gendering Books** \- 26 June 2013

As an author I read many books, some could be biographies, fiction, or anything random that takes my fancy. Yesterday, I brought a book called Diary of a Married Call Girl, now when I showed my mother, she said 'that's a girly book', which in theory she is correct, but does it really matter what type of books we read? Like I said before, I read any books, and I've even 
read 50 shades of Grey. I remember when that book was released, people were going mad for it, especially the women. Apparently it was meant to be a very saucy book, but from what I've read, I didn't see what all the fuss was all about.

This leads to another thought, for years now men have been stereotyped because they buy dirty magazines, but for some reason this doesn't work the same way with women. Even though the 50 shades of grey books aren't graphical with pictures, they are graphical with their content. So the question is, what is the difference between the two situations? They are both graphical and saucy, so, I don't see the difference.

The worst thing is, this type of material has been around for centuries, it isn't anything new and people were making out that they hadn't seen this stuff before. Both men and women have been buying this type of material for years, but back then it was kind of
frowned upon, like it was some kind of secret. As the years have gone by, I think it has become more socially acceptable because we know it isn't a secret anymore. Even young children know about sex and other things related to it, and sometimes they know more than the adults.

So, briefly, it doesn't matter what you read because at the end of the day, we all enjoy different books and that's the main thing. We shouldn't put a gender label on a book because they are free for anyone to read. Anyhow, enough of that discussion, I think I made my point.

Anyway, today is Wednesday, which is the mid week, and it also means two days to the weekend. This has no effect on me because I have a busy weekend in store anyway, and unfortunately I have some bad news for you. Due to my busy day on Sunday, I won't be posting a blog on that day because it will be too rushed. I hope you all done mind, but the reality is, I'm not Superman and I can't make time just appear from nowhere. Wouldn't that be amazing if I could?

What a busy afternoon I've had, or should I say frustrating! For weeks now I've been trying to publish my books to Smashwords so I am able to distribute them to other online stores. With every attempt I made, it failed because there would be errors in file, but today, I decided to put all my determination into fixing these problems, and I was in luck because the determination paid off. The books and now all listed on smashwords, and they will soon be distributed to every major online ebook store, what a big sigh of relief!

So, on that note, it's time for me to sign off once again and I will catch you tomorrow.

### **Robbie Williams Concert Saturday** \- 1 July 2013

What a busy weekend I've had! Turns out that I went to a Robbie Williams concert on Saturday at Wembley Stadium, this was unplanned and I wasn't expecting it, but due to certain circumstances, I couldn't let my sister go on her own. This decision was made a day before the concert, it was one of those moments when you thought 'screw it, I can't let her go on her own.'

So, it was the day of the concert, the weather was very warm and there wasn't a cloud in the sky, it was certainly a fantastic day for this event. We arrived at Wembley Stadium around 3PM, which was early, but this was a good thing because it gave us time to grab something to eat. We were initially going to go to McDonald's, but due to all the crowd we couldn't because McDonald's was packed! Instead, we went over to Wimpy. To be brief, I had a chocolate Sunday and law had a cheeseburger. I wasn't impressed by the dirty tea cups, there was dirt in the bottom of the cup. I should have complained about this, but given the time constraints, it wasn't worth wasting time over.

Once we've finished our meal, we headed back over to Wembley Stadium to queue up to get into the event. We were lucky because the line we were in was short and it meant we could getting quicker. The next task was to find somewhere to sit, obviously we wanted a good view. We first sat on one side of the stadium, but due to Laura's (sister) height fear, we try to find other seats lower down. When we found somewhere to sit, it became clear that the seats we had originally, had a better view, but it was pointless moving because the stadium was filling up.

After a short period of waiting around, the first act (Olley Murs) came on stage to warm up the crowd. I will admit this now, I'm not a huge fan of Olley Murs or Robbie Williams, but they both did a fantastic job that night. I'm more of a classical music fan, you know the old piano playing Orchestra stuff.

Anyhow, to be brief, the concert was enjoyable and I will attach some pictures after this blog. I am sorry that this blog isn't very descriptive today, but I'm starting to get tired and in all fairness, I've had a busy few days. So, it's time for me to sign off once again and I hope you all enjoy the weather because I hear that it will be changing tomorrow, and this will welcome back the rain yet again, so until tomorrow, chat to you soon.

### **One, can't write a blog** \- 3 July 2013

One, just can't write a blog, he must think before launching his trail of words and destruction at your computer screen.

This is why I have been slacking on the blog lately, it's been crazy here, I haven't had time to really think, or even have time to myself. I've been spending most of my time recently packing boxes because I should be moving soon, don't start panicking, I'm only moving up the road. So don't worry, the blog will still be here, but there will be the odd occasion where I'm unable to write a blog. Now this won't happen all the time, but this will only happen when I'm busy.

Let's turn back the clock to last night. I was feeling particularly generous, so I decided to treat everyone to a takeaway meal, but it had to be something I liked, or else it would be a waste of money, and I was also paying, so it went in my favor. So, Laura (sister) decided to order the takeaway online, it was going along fine until the website crashed and decided to send me a confirmation email. Now usually, when a website crashes it disregards everything you have inputted, but this website chose to be different, and it decided to send me an email and cause confusion with myself and the restaurant. Anyhow, let's be brief, I rang the restaurant and said that their website crashed. They were okay with it and decided to take a new order over the phone. I gave them the details they needed and put the phone down, at this point I thought nothing more could go wrong, but I was mistaken! The restaurant rang back and said my debit card was refused,  
which is weird because it hasn't done this before. I gave them the details again and somehow it accepted. I don't know what caused the problem because I rang the bank today and they said nothing was blocked from their system. The reason for checking this was because they have a system that tracks unusual transactions, to be honest, if it was this then it's a stupid system because I buy food from McDonald's. After all the confusion and forty-five minutes later, the food arrived, but it arrived with surprises. When we opened the bags, we were presented with a free meal and a bottle of Coke. I guess this was their way of saying sorry for all the confusion, which I did appreciate. Anyhow, the meal was fantastic and I will certainly be using them again in the future.

So, onto current events. As I said before I am moving and this should be completed within the next three to four weeks. The good thing is that I'll have no down time because my sister (who I'm moving in with) has internet already, but like I said before, there could be a few days where I miss out writing the blog due to my busy schedule. Anyway, away from all this move talk. I went out with K again today, as usual we went for a drink together and talked a lot, and we also had something to eat together. Lately our usual stomping ground (place to go) has been a restaurant called Wimpy, I don't know why we go here all the time, but I personally think it's because of their good customer service, it's always nice to see a happy face when you go for a meal, and it is nice to have staff that talk to you and go out of their way to learn about whom you are. Well, I don't know if this happens at every restaurant in this chain, but at our local one this certainly happens. 
After a quick meal and a drink, we had to go on a hunt for shoes that K needed to buy. I don't mind going shopping really, it gives me something to do and secretly I like doing it as well, just don't tell anyone, it's our secret! I won't go into details about the shopping trip because I'm slowly losing my voice and I'm trying to get this blog completed by twelve.

As you can tell it's a jump cut moment because I'm trying to be as quick as I can. I think I'm going to start renaming these blogs to "clogs" and all this means is "Crap-Blog." The reason for this is that I feel like I'm just doing the same old thing every day, there isn't any change to my daily routine, or to my life in general. I guess this is like everyone, we all have a routine and it doesn't change from one day to the next, but there are a few occasions where you get surprises in life. These surprises are like little Easter eggs waiting to hatch, they will appear when you least expect it, but when they do, they will fill your life with such happiness. Take this happiness with both hands and hold on to it because you don't know when your next Easter egg will arrive.

Anyhow, I'm off to try to cure this cold and to get some rest. So, until tomorrow, stay safe and be well.  

### **Forty-eight Hour Bug** \- 6 July 2013

So, it turns out I've been sick physically for the first time in thirteen years, it seems crazy, but it's true. Ever since I had my eating disorder I've refused to be physically sick because of the extensive damage it could have caused me, but this time I had no choice. The last three days have been hell for me. Everything ate or drank just came back up again five minutes later. I don't know how this all started, one night I was fine and then the next minute, I was throwing up on the doorstep. I thought it was because of the crisps I ate that contained Soya, but it turns out that it was a nasty summer virus. I've had to start taking anti-sickness drugs every four hours to combat my churning stomach. Anyhow, to be brief, I am doing a lot better now and I should make a full recovery in a couple of days time.

This weather isn't helping matters today, it's currently 27c where I live in Essex and I think I'm start melt! I best make this blog quick because I can't stand sitting in front of this hot screen much longer. On an unrelated topic, I have been searching for the original copy of the short-circuit story in paperback form. Well, it seems like I was in luck because there were twenty-three copies left on Amazon. When I saw this, I didn't wait around, I just hit the buy button and ordered it straight away. The reason for buying this book is because I am fascinated by the story, and I love the movies that were made from the book. This will probably be one book I could read from start to finish because I have a real love and passion for the story. Anyhow, 
this will be delivered in a few days, so I will let you know when it has arrived.

Anyway, I'm signing off guys, it's getting way too hot for me. No doubt I'll be writing throughout the night on my novel, but it has to be done because I'm days behind. So, until tomorrow, be safe and well, and chat to you soon.

### **Murray wins Wimbledon!** \- 7 July 2013

Well, it's a hot Sunday and it's the Wimbledon final today. As always we hope that Murray will win today because it will be the first English winner for many years. I'm currently listening to the match on the radio, and from what I can work out, Murray is currently winning. To be honest, I'm not a big tennis fan, but it's always nice to get involved.

Anyhow, in the meantime, we decided to head over to the park because it was a lovely day. I had to wait before I went out because my phone needed to be charged. So, after that charged, I headed out to find everybody else in the park. Once I found them, I started to feel the sun burn down my back. I thought to myself, I need to find shade because I was starting to burn up. I left everybody else to it and found a nice spot where there was a nice cool breeze. I must have spent a couple of hours just sitting on the bench listening to the tennis on the radio. I could have sat there for longer, but my phone was starting to lose battery life.  
Why can't the iPhone have a better battery life? Maybe in time this will happen, but until it does, I will have to use a recharge kit in the future.

I want to mention something before I continue on, why do people insist on complaining about being sun burnt? They deliberately take their tops off and sit in the sun for hours getting a lobster style tan. Don't complain when you did it yourself, it isn't like anybody else told you to do it. Anyway, enough of my rant, let's get on!

When I got home I decided to sit in my room, it's a lot cooler up there and I didn't want to burn myself out by sitting in a hot room downstairs. I just pulled my blind down and sat in the dark, well it wasn't really dark, you had the odd flicker of light as the wind cascaded against the blind. I had enough light to sort out my paperwork and magazines. While I was doing this, I was continually listening to the tennis on the radio. I suddenly stopped when they announced that Murray had won the Wimbledon final, yes that's right, Murray won. I can't believe he won, it's been seventy-seven years since the last British male had won the competition. As the old saying goes, miracles do happen!

So, apart from this, I have done nothing else today, which means, I have nothing else to report. I'm going to sign off now to enjoy my evening and to watch Breaking Amish. Stay safe and be well, I will speak to you soon!

### **Short Circuit Book, 1986** \- 9 July 2013

Today has certainly been a relaxing day, I spent most of the time reading my new Short Circuit book that I received in the post today. I have a big fascination with this story, I don't know why, but ever since I was a child the story has stuck with me and I've continued to love everything about Short Circuit. When the first movie was released in 1986, I wasn't even born yet, so to have this appreciation at my age must seem weird to some people. I guess you could say my appreciation is fuelled by good workmanship, they put much effort into making the films what they were and let's be honest that needs to be applauded and respected.

Anyhow, let's get away from that topic. I'm going to give you a brief health update. Since my recent bug I've started to recover slowly, which means I've gained the power to eat and the sickness has disappeared. I'm glad that I've started to get back on track again because the last thing I wanted is to start losing weight again. I have done so well recently with my eating and I don't want it to go back to how I was because that will mean I've taken ten steps back rather than ten steps forward. This is the worst thing you can do in any situation if you're trying to recover, you need to carry on going forward, don't look back because in the end you will gain more self-confidence to overcome whatever it is, and I know this works because I'm talking from experience. I taught myself that if I can overcome something it will make me stronger, and in the end it will make me a better person because I put up a fight to recover.

So, I must go now, I'm sorry to cut this short, but things have got in the way and I need to get things out of the way before the move. Until the next blog, chat to you soon and take care.

### **New Meds and Signed Book!** \- 12 July 2013

Well, it's been a few days and there are a few things I need to update you about. The first thing is my medication. I went to the doctors on Wednesday for a medication review because I needed a change in medication. To be brief, I was prescribed the same medication, but it was slow release. The medication I have currently is used for instant relief, but I felt that I needed pain relief all day, rather than every four hours. Basically, the new drug stays in my system for twelve hours and it slowly releases throughout the day. So far, this medication seems to be working, the only problem I've had is the side-effects. The side-effects aren't bad, they just make me extremely tired and this affects my lungs.

This leads me on to yesterday. I wasn't feeling too good, the side-effects from the medication were kicking in and I was starting to feel high. K text me to ask whether I wanted to go out, even though I felt unwell, I wanted to see my best friend because we always have a laugh and it always cheers me up. With that said, I changed my clothes and started to get myself ready to go out. I was going to get a bus into town, but dad offered to drop me off in the car. So, I grabbed my bag and headed out the door with dad. After a short car journey, I arrived in town. Before I met up with K, I decided to buy some paper pads and new pens because I was starting to run out. Buying new paper pads isn't uncommon for me, I like to keep things organized, for example I have a pad just for writing ideas, and I also have a pad for each story I write. I know this seems 
like a lot, but in fairness, if I was to do it all one, I would get really confused and it would cause me to get very frustrated. I forgot to mention that I bought a new thesaurus while I was in the shop.

While I was waiting for K to arrive, I sat near a fountain with my new thesaurus and started to read through the different words. I know some of you will find this weird, but I started reading it from the end. When I was reading through the book, it came clear to me that I didn't pay any attention to anything that was going on around me. I completely zoned out all the noise around me, it was like a switch going off in my head, I found complete peace while I was sat there. The only thing I could hear was the fountain behind me. As the water slowly trickled down the statue, it gently landed in the water making little scattered splashes, and as the wind blew through the fountain, I felt a gentle spray across my head. This spray was a delight, it helped cool me while I was sat in the beam of the sunlight. After sometime went by, I started to feel dizzy because the heat from the sun was starting to affect me. At this point, I decided to pick up my bag and find somewhere else to sit inside. The shopping centre has air conditioning, which means it will be much cooler inside. I found another bench near the bus station, and again, I sat and read my book. Time seem to fly by, and before I knew it, it was time to meet K outside the local Wimpy restaurant.

When K saw me, her first words were 'are you okay?' I said my usual 'yea, I'll be okay, it's just my new medication. So, with that said, we sat down in the restaurant 
with our food. As normal we had a chat about different things mad had a laugh. I think I scared K at one point because I was talking away and then my oxygen levels started to drop, which started to make me panic. K became worried, but lucky enough, I regained my breath and the attack subsided.

Anyhow, to be brief. After we finished our meal, we went to do some shopping. This shopping lasted for a couple of hours and afterwards we decided to have a drink at Costa Coffee before we went home. I had a hot chocolate with a caramel shot this time, normally I just have a large tea, but this time I was in need of a sugar boost. So, after we finished our drinks, it was time to call it a day and head home.

Let's discuss a different topic now, a few days ago I received a package from my best friend Steve. I wasn't expecting this, but when I opened it, it contained a signed copy of "Rock Roadie" from Steve's uncle Tappy. When I first saw it I thought 'Why is Steve sending me another copy? I already own the book. ' Then it suddenly dawned on me, I asked Steve if he could get me a signed copy a few weeks before. The signed book now sits in a protective cover that is out of reach of anyone's hands. I want to thank Steve & Tappy for the book, I know you both have a lot going on right now.

While I have this in mind, please can all my regular readers go over to Steve's blog and give him some support. As I mentioned, he is going through hard times currently and I would appreciate it if you all went  
over to give him support. Steve's blog and Twitter details will be at the end.

So, on that note, it's time for me to sign off. Until the next blog, stay safe & well.

Steve's information:

Blog: www.thewrighttimes.co.uk

Twitter: www.twitter.com/wrighttimesblog

### **The 'Wright' Time for Support!** \- 14 July 2013

Before I start talking about my day, I need to continue a topic I mention in the previous blog. As I mentioned yesterday, my best friend Steve is going through a hard time at the moment. I can't say what it is because it isn't my place to say, and out of respect for Steve I will wait for him to mention it in his blog. I need my fellow readers to go across to his blog and Twitter to show him love & support. Even if it's only a few messages, it's better than nothing at all.

Steve can be found here:

Blog: www.thewrighttimes.co.uk

Twitter: www.twitter.com/wrighttimesblog

Today has certainly been a very hot day, it must be around 32c currently. I'm having to drink every fifth-teen minutes to keep myself at the right temperature. The heat is very intense; it's like a hot laser burning through my body. Water is pouring from my head and my body is completely soaked, I've changed my clothes several times today. I can't wait for Autumn to come along; the weather will be much cooler and there will be a breeze in the air.

Anyhow, enough of the weather talk, it's overheating me just thinking about it. Most of my day has been spent writing a new story. I can't decide whether to write it as a novel or a short story, it's a hard decision to make because I want it to be interesting, maybe I should see how it goes and just wait until its finished. I won't give any details about this because it might not even get published and I don't want to get anyone's hopes up.

So, on that note, I am off to melt in the heat. Until the next blog, stay cool, stay safe and keep well.

**It's Been Too Hot!** \- 15-16 July 2013

**15 July 2013** :

Today is another hot day, and this means that I will spend most of the day melting. I had better be careful because I might melt so much that I'll turn into a big puddle. The thought of water seems very inviting at 
the moment, it's currently 27c and it feels more like 32c because there isn't any wind; the air is drier than sand paper and it feels like there isn't any air to breathe.

Anyhow, let's stop discussing the weather, they always say that it's one topic you shouldn't start off within a blog because people find it boring, but to be honest, I'm only giving you an idea of what I'm going through. The thing is, while everyone embraces this hot weather, I sit in my room wishing for rain to come along. I know I'm weird, but I can't cope with this heat, my body starts to break down when it goes over certain temperature.

**16 July 2013** :

I forgot to mention yesterday that I brought a new TV, it's only a small one, but it will do the job. The new TV is ultra thin and it has an LED screen, this makes the colours and quality more sharper.

I'm only going to make this blog quick because I have so much packing to do before the move, lucky for me that I don't have much to pack. It is to be hoped that this move will go smoothly, but knowing my luck something will crop up to annoy me.

Anyhow, I'm off now. I don't know when I will post the next blog, but it should be at the end of the week, or at the latest it will be Saturday. So, until the next blog, stay safe and keep cool!  

### **Moved, and Heatwave Remains!** \- 19 July 2013

Well, after a long day of moving, I have finally settled down into my sister's flat. The move was completed within five hours, and with my sister's help we got my room arranged.

The first night was fantastic, very peaceful and I felt less stressed. Yesterday was certainly busy for me; moving furniture and sorting through boxes, at the end of the day I knocked out like a lightbulb. I can remember putting a DVD on before I fell asleep, but after that, I have no clue what happened. I guess all this moving around knocked the wind out of my sail.

When I woke in the morning, I was greeted with big smiles from Hannah & Amber (nieces). I don't think Hannah expected me to still be there in the morning because she thought I was going back to my old house. I made one mistake last night and that was sleeping under my cover, the temperature has been a steady 20c all night and the worst thing was that you could feel the heat in the air. I can't wait for the cold weather to come along, it's been like this for a while and I'm starting to hate it with a passion. Many parts of the UK have been issued with a heat warning because they're expecting it to be much hotter.

I eased into the day slowly, and just took my time. As always, I started the day off with a big cup of tea, I didn't fancy any food yet because it was only 7:08am. The time flew by and before I knew it, Hannah was off out the door to school; I guess time flies when you're  
having fun. Anyhow, with Hannah away to school, I decided to have some breakfast. A small bowl of cereal and two yogurts is all I had, it wasn't anything big, but it filled a hole until lunchtime.

When lunchtime came along, I had to grab a quick snack because we were heading over to Tesco to get some food. I know my sister won't mind me eating her food, but I always like to have other things. So, after that brief snack, we headed out the door into the heat. The heat was okay to start with, but after a few minutes of walking, it started to feel like a laser beam shooting across your head.

So, to be brief, after we finished up in Tesco's, we picked up Hannah and walked home. Ever since we got back I've been entertaining Hannah, and somehow I wrote this blog at the same time. After the hot day I've had, I know I will sleep tonight, and this time I won't sleep under the cover!

On that note, it's time to sign off, but before I do, I need to make you all aware of a change I need to make to the blogs. While this heatwave continues, I will be writing the blogs every two days, this will mean that the blog will contain two days instead of one. This may seem silly, but it will give me time in between to rest. The next blog will be on Sunday, so lookout for that. Until then, stay safe and take care.

### **How Stupid?** \- 20-21 July 2013

**20 July** : Saturday

Overcast, and Relaxing

The hot weather has been kept at bay today, we've had clouds in the sky all day and the temperature has stayed below 20c. Even though we were greeted by this delightful change, it didn't stop the weather from overheating me throughout the night. I must have woken up every two hours, it was beyond a joke, and in the end I decided to give up trying to sleep. I did sleep in the end, but it wasn't until 5am, which isn't something I chose to do willingly.

I have spent most of the day reading books and writing new parts to the novel I am working on, I won't be giving any details away, apart from this small clue; the book is related to my first publication. Talking about books, I started reading the book "Inferno" that I brought yesterday. I haven't read much of it so far, but it seems to be good so far!

So, today hasn't been too bad. The weather has been spot on, it's been relaxing, and I've also been very productive. I just need a good sleep tonight and that will make my day complete! Anyhow, I have a packed day tomorrow, I'm meeting K in town and then I come back to Hannah's birthday party.

**21 July** : Sunday

Hannah's Sixth Birthday Party

Another overcast day has greeted us again, which is still a welcomed change. Today is Hannah's birthday party, and unfortunately I won't be attending it until later on in the day, but while I'm away for a few I'll get Laura to take a few pictures for the blog. These pictures will be added on to the end as always.

So, the day was in full swing and I was just about to leave to meet K in town. Just before I went to leave, Dad suggested that he would drop me off into town to save me paying for train fair. I wasn't going to turn down a free lift, so I gracefully accepted. During the journey to town, Dad asked how the new move was going for me.

'Everything is going great' I said, 'I am enjoying the peace.'

'That's good, it's a shame we are all apart, but this stuff happens, but it isn't like we won't see you.' He replied.

'I know, but things will be okay. This move has done me some good, I go to bed early and I am able to read & write more than before.'

Dad smiled at that response, and out of nowhere he started a new conversation about driving, how random is that?

'You should learn how to drive, you can get an automatic. There's no gear changing and you only have two peddles.'

I sighed and replied 'I don't know if I'll have the patience or confidence for it.'

'Oh of course you will, it's not that hard.'

After a few minutes, we arrived in town. I opened the car door and Dad said 'I'll see you later, if you need picking up just give us a call.' I replied 'okay, I will do.' Once dad left, I headed towards WHSmith (bookshop) to look for a book I heard about in the news. The book is called "The Cuckoo's Calling" by Robert Galbraith, or should I say J.K Rowling. According to what I've read in the news, J.K Rowling wrote this book under a different pen name and someone let it slip about who the real author was.

So, there I was in the bookshop looking for this book. After much walking around, I found the book in the charts section, why didn't I think of that when I walked into the shop? I'm such a donut! If you think this was bad, then you will find this next part even more stupid! When I paid for the book, I used the self-service checkouts. I paid for the item and put it in my bag, and then I left the shop. I went over to another shop to buy K a replacement iPhone charger. When I went to pay for the charger, I noticed that one of my cards were missing. After a couple of seconds went by, it dawned on me that I left my card in the machine at the bookshop. I quickly paid for the charger and ran over to the bookshop, to my own surprise, the card was still sitting in the machine untouched. When I saw the card, I let 
out a big sigh of relief and put it back into my wallet. How stupid could I be?

Once I met up with K, we headed over to Costa Coffee for a drink. We were in need of a drink because the weather became very hot, so much for the overcast weather we woke up to this morning! Anyhow, as we drank our drinks, we embraced the sweet delight of the air conditioning blowing out fine cold air. What a difference this was, it was like walking into a small freezer! I wish we could have stayed there all day because it was cool, but I guess all good things must come to an end. Before I knew it, we had finished our drinks, and it was time to find K some food.

When we were walking to the restaurant, K noticed that pigeon's nod their heads as they walk. I laughed because it was random, but as I think about it, why does a pigeon nod its head as it walks along? If you know why then contact me by way of my website, it will be good to see what people discover, and it also saves me a night of research. K made me laugh, she said 'those Wallace and Grommet people got it wrong, they didn't nod their heads as they walked along in Chicken Run.' This is a valid point because they didn't, they just walked along normally. I had a funny theory to all this head banging, maybe if they nod their head's faster they will get quicker? Give them some drum & bass to listen to, imagine that, they will be running while listening to that stuff!

After our short walk, we arrived at the restaurant. As K placed her order, I sat down in one of the booths. 
While we waited for the food to arrive, we had a chat about the book I mentioned earlier. I showed her the book and she instantly said 'that's about right', I thought to myself 'cheeky donut.' I couldn't help it, but it certainly made me laugh. As the food was placed on the table, the person who bought the food over said 'here's your garlic bread,' and then for some reason he started pointing at the box. I'm going to be blunt, but where else would it be? This would be a funny scenario, he brings an empty box over, but then he tells you that the garlic bread is on the floor. I know my imagination is going in overdrive again and it's starting to become unrealistic.

During the meal K became very tired and said she feeling unwell, which started to worry me because I didn't want her to become seriously unwell. I won't go into the details, but I hope she's okay because I do worry about her, after all she is my best friend and I would do anything I can for her.

Anyhow, I need to stop this blog here because it's 10pm and I need to upload this blog, sorry to be a spoilsport, but I'm getting very tired! The pictures will follow after this, until the next, speak to you soon!

### **The Cuckoo Storms!** \- 22-23 July 2013

**22 July** : Monday

The Cuckoo's Number One!

This weather is getting silly, as I woke up this morning I was greeted by the intense heat. I have said this many time's before, but bring on the winter season! I know it sounds sad, or to some people it may seem deranged, but I prefer the cooler weather, and the winter season seems like a peaceful time. If you have been reading my blog for a while, you will know that this is all I seek in my life. Having peace helps me deal with my anxiety disorder in calm manner, if I didn't have peace then, I would go off my trolley (go nuts).

Talking about seeking peace, I've spent most of my day reading "The Cuckoo's Calling," so far the book seems very interesting and it certainly captured my attention. Even with this said, I have one question in mind, why did J.K Rowling use a different name? Before the secret came out, this book was nowhere in the charts, and according to the news, it only sold five-hundred copies previously. When the secret was confirmed, it sold like wildfire and it shot to number one in all major book charts. I am going to be blunt here, but what was being achieved here? She has built a brand around her writing, so regardless of what she publishes, she will sell many copies every time because people love her as an author. I know she had her reasons for testing out this book under a new name, but why did she bother? She has the brand and it wouldn't matter what she writes because people will buy it  
anyway. This proves one thing and that is, if you're an established author, you will sell books regardless.

Anyhow, after I finished reading, I had a shower and headed over to the old house to drop off the "Alan-Keys," if you're not aware of these, its used to screw in and unscrew bolts e.g, Dining Table legs or a bed frame. As I stepped outside, it was like walking into a film of hot air, it was like being hit in the face with a blow torch. While I was walking along, the sweat was pouring out of me, I was like a walking tap! I didn't stay at mums for long because I wanted to get back and away from all the heat.

When I got home, I had a drink and started reading again. I need to do some more writing soon or else I'm going start getting behind again. This hot weather has thrown me off the rails a bit because I haven't been able to think properly, but this should change once the weather starts to cool down. According to the news and the weather apps, its meant to thunder tonight, so this could bring some well-deserved rain!

Anyway, let's see what happens. I'm signing off now, so until the next blog, take care.

**23 July** : Tuesday

The Storms Came!

The thunderstorm came, it lit up the sky, and then the rain poured from the clouds like a waterfall. Subsequently, this lasted all night, and the garden flooded. Even though it was raining, the heat was still intense, and the air was still very dry. I will leave some pictures at the end of the blog to show you what weather we've had.

When the morning arrived, I went over to the shops to pick up some shopping. We ran out of sugar because I've been having too much recently. I know I need to be careful with my sugar intake, I guess my sweet tooth takes over at times, but I guess I'll have to start calming it down, I don't want it to become a health risk. As I left the house, I expected the weather to be very cold, but I was completely wrong! The weather was still hot, and I regretted wearing thermal clothes because I ended up sweating through my clothes.

Anyhow, a few hours went by and I had a call from mum to say that dad was coming to pick me up. Dad needed me to help him setup his computer and television. We started by loading up dads car with all the stuff, and after that, we headed over to dad's house. Once we unloaded everything, I started to set up dads computer. While the computer was loading up, I decided to set up dads television (multitasking). This didn't go to plan, I thought the television had freeview, but it turns out it didn't. Then, we tried using a freeview box that worked, but the remote control failed to work.  
So because of these problems, I'm having to buy dad a new freeview box tomorrow and a new computer cable because there's a lose wire. I don't mind buying them for my dad, I always like to help my parents. I'm getting worried about my dad, he seems to be struggling a lot and he's been getting out of breath. I hope he's going to be okay because it breaks my heart to see him like this. I always see my dad as a hero, he's always been there to take care of me, and to stand by me even when I've been in the wrong.

When I came home I felt exhausted, my back, legs and knees ached, and I was unable to regain the energy I lost. So, as you can guess, I've hardly done anything else. I haven't even started reading books yet, but I will when I go to bed. I'm going to read more of "The Cuckoo's Calling" and "Rock Roadie," I've mentioned Rock Roadie in previous blogs. If you want to learn more about the book, just input the names into Google or go through my previous blogs.

So, on that note, it's time for me to sign off. I'm off to settle down in bed and relax. The pictures I mentioned earlier will follow after this, until the next blog, take care and stay safe!

### **Imagination and Pens** \- 24-25 July 2013

**24 July** : Wednesday

Imagination Gone Wrong!

Well, today has been very relaxing. I spent the majority of the day lying on my bed and reading books, but this isn't a bad thing because it's what I like to do. The day started off like any other, it was calm, quiet, and blooming hot!

After I had breakfast, I went across to Tesco because I needed to buy dad a new freeview box. As I was walking across, I noticed that the local market was in full swing, cars and people were everywhere, and there was the usual upbeat noise of the radios blaring from the market speaker system. When I walked across the car park, I noticed there was the usual fight for car spaces, many cars were speeding along, some were blowing their horns, and others didn't look where they were going. There was an elderly woman trying to cross the road and someone took no notice of this, and they continued to reverse, they only stopped when the elderly woman whacked the back of their car with her stick. Talk about a street fight! She was going to take on a car, she must have secret powers like the hulk. Annoy her enough and she will go green and roar like a tiger! Okay, maybe my imagination stretched there about the hulk, but it was amazingly stupid of the driver, sometimes I wonder how people pass their driving tests!

When I arrived at Tesco, I was in my usual speedy mode, I wanted to get what I needed and get back out again. The first stop I made was to the electrical department to find this freeview box, there were many to choose from, but I only needed a basic one, I didn't need anything special because dad wouldn't use any of the extra features. So, with freeview box in hand, I headed back downstairs to look at the books. After five minutes of browsing, I found three books that I wanted, and what made it even better was that they were on a special deal. I always try to get my books on a deal because I only pay on average £2 a book, which in fairness is a good price to pay. The books I normally buy are either crime related or other random ones that catch my eye. As they always say, to sell a book you need a good cover that will appeal and stand out on the shelf. Oh no, I've just had another imagination moment! What if a book did jump out at you on a shelf? It would be like 'Hey buy me. Oi buy me, you know you want to!' Then the book tries to jump in your basket! Okay, I'm going too far with all this imagination stuff.

Anyhow, once I paid for the shopping, I headed back to the market and tackled the crowds again. This time it wasn't so bad, there was the usual crowds, but I quickly found a shortcut and sailed passed everyone. The walk home started to take its toll on me, my legs were aching and the sweat was pouring from me. I can't understand why this happened, I was only wearing shorts and a T-shirt, so I should have been cool enough. I guess the heat is still in full swing, I'm hoping that it starts to cool down in the next couple of  
days. Apparently we are meant to be getting rain tomorrow, so I could be in luck, well that's if the weather report is correct. Knowing my luck, it will probably be wrong, and we will end up with more sun!

So, I was now home and ready to have a nap, but before I could do this, I wanted to read a couple of books for a while. This method worked again, after I read a few chapters, I felt my eyelids going, and once I rested my head on the pillow, I was out like a lightbulb.

I woke up around 5pm, and somehow I regained all my energy. Not long after this, my sister served dinner. We had a lovely curry, it definitely hit the spot, and I ate every mouthful. After I put my plate in the kitchen, I sat in my bedroom watching a bit of TV and trying to decide what to write about in today's blog.

Anyhow, nothing more happened today, I just spent the rest of the time writing this and reading books on my bed. I hope this imagination amused you all, it will certainly help me later when I write parts of my books. This imagination is normal to me, but to other people they think it's crazy or even dumb. If trying to be funny is crazy then, I'm completely nuts and off my trolley! So, on that note, its time for me to sign off and retire to my bed. Until the next blog, stay safe and take care.   
**25 July** : Thursday

Pens Hide!

I can't believe it, I've woken up with a sore throat, could this day get any worse? As I sit here trying to write today's blog, my head is starting to beat like a drum, and my energy is starting drain from me like a leaking tap. After a quick lie down on my bed, it was clear that I had some bug or infection. My body feels like a very hot radiator, and for some reason my feet feel hot, its like a hot feeling shooting up my legs like electricity, this might be just a rush of bloody.

Anyhow, let's try to get past all this sickness. How about yesterdays blog, how nuts was I? An elderly woman turning into the hulk, and books jumping off shelves for you to buy them, how crazy was that? What does it matter? I guess we all let our imagination run wild at times, mine just turns on when it feels like it, and most of the time it's when I don't have a pen handy! I bet all writers have had moments like that, you get an idea and then you realize you don't have pen to write it down with. It's like the pens have it in for you, they all hatch a plan to hide when you have a really good idea. Okay, there's that imagination again, it must be working overdrive because of the sickness.

Anyway, that's enough from me today. I'm off to cure this sickness and to read some books. So, until the next blog, take care and be safe!  

### **No Sleep; Rock Roadie Review** \- 26-27 July 2013

**26 July** : Friday

No Sleep for Marc!

As I lie here looking out of my window, I see stars gazing like bright diamonds in the sky. I wonder what my day will bring tomorrow, Will it be the same? Or will it be a dramatic change and life will get back on track again. My life isn't so bad really, I have a roof over my head and I'm surrounded by my loving family. I just wish this pain would go away, it's starting to drag me down, some days I can't even get out of bed, and it starts to take a toll on things I want to succeed with. I guess I'm letting things get to me, it's late and my general mood is low, so I guess I'm just letting my depression screw me over. Oh well, I best try to sleep or else I'll be a moody git in the morning.

Well, it turns out I got no sleep at all! The pain continued to play havoc and nothing was helping it settle down. I'm used to all this pain stuff, I've had this for many years, and in all fairness it isn't uncommon for me to be haunted by the hindering spirit called pain. Some of you will relate to the pain I am going through, it's the kind of pain that takes very strong painkillers to settle down, and even taking them it hardly touches the root cause. There are many complications with having this kind of pain, it causes many depressive moments, and I know firsthand how this can affect your mental state. Your limits are tested, it takes you to a dark place, and you feel like the world has reached it's untimely sink into the black hole. Even 
when life gets you down, try to look up and passed the downturn because it will get better in time, you just need to give fate a chance to fill your life with happiness again.

Today's blog won't be too long, I need to spend most of my day resting because of the lack of sleep, and later on I will need the energy to type out a part of a novel I am working on. I'm on a mission today I've been to Tesco, sorted out my doctors, done my Twitter follow Friday mentions, and I wrote the blog for today all before 12pm. How's that for hard work?

While I've been struggling with this pain, I thought I would use the time to be productive. I sat on my bed with my trusted pen and pad of paper just writing the night away, I had nothing else better to do. I think I wrote another five-hundred words for the novel, I wasn't keeping count, but I can normally guess by the amount of lines I've used.

Anyhow, enough of me babbling on, this probably doesn't make any sense knowing my luck. I hope that I will have a better sleep tonight, it would be a welcome change compared to last night! Until the next blog, stay well, be safe, and remember let your imagination kill your depression, you never know it might just work!  
**27 July** : Saturday

Rock Roadie, Journey through the Rock 'N' Roll Era!

For months now I've been reading a book called "Rock Roadie." I've loosely mentioned this throughout many of my blogs, and today I can finally discuss the book in full because I've finished the book.

Instead of me repeating myself, I'm going to add my review below that I wrote on GoodReads.

_"Where do I start with this book? This book follows the life of a staring Roadie through height of the Rock 'N' Roll era. His life was filled with ups, downs, laughs and unfortunate endings. As you read through the book, you will be taken on a journey of the music industry, some parts will make you laugh, and other parts will leave you feeling concerned. I was certainly surprised by the real cause of Jimi Hendrix's death, but this seemed obvious as the closing chapters came along. I won't be giving any spoilers, if you would like to know purchase the book because it is a MUST READ!"_

Take what you will from my review, but I would highly recommend this book to everyone! I want to give a big shout out "Tappy" for giving me a personal signed copy of this book, and I always want to say how sorry I am over the recent loss of your brother. I also want to thank Steve for introducing me to the book, and for the persistence for me to read his uncles book. This book was well worth the sleepless nights and the many hours I spent reading. I will leave links below to the 
book, and I do hope you all take the time to check it out because it's worth reading!

Link: www.goodreads.com/book/show/7881257

Let's get back to my life. I've been up most of the night due to pain. I woke up suddenly at around 1:30am, I had a pain shoot across my lower abdomen. As I've mentioned before, this pain isn't uncommon for me because I suffer from digestive discomfort and major spasms across my muscles. I guess the noise from the neighbors upstairs didn't help matters, they were stomping around for some reason, it might have been their dogs, but regardless it kept me up until 5am!

You can guess the kind of day I've had, it was relaxed and I spent most of the time reading books. Ever since I've moved into Cassie's, there has been this new found times of peace. I've been able to spend most of my time doing what I love, and as I've mentioned before peace is all I seek within my life. Reading and writing books is all I want to do, it isn't a big ask, but that's all I want! I just want to sit in my room and do what I love doing the most.

Anyhow, I'm going to sign off now. I hope you enjoyed my review of Rock Roadie, and I hope it will inspire you all to buy a copy soon! Until the next blog, stay safe and take care.

### **Um ...Dumplings?** \- 28-29 July 2013

**28 July** : Sunday

Um ...I forgot?

Well, you wouldn't believe this, but I completely forgot to write today's blog, lucky for me that this isn't the published day because I would be screwed! Anyhow, let's get on to today! The day has been one of those relaxing, but productive days. I know that seems like an odd combination, but what do you expect? I'm probably the oddest guy you will ever meet! Ask K, she will tell you, I'm unique, and not always in a good way.

These relaxing days fit right into what a Sunday should comprise of. I must admit even though today has been relaxed, I have spent a few hours trying to sort my novels. This isn't anything major, I've had some of the stuff wrote down in my notepads for a while, but I haven't found the time recently to duplicate it all through my computer. I managed to get everything I have down on paper typed up onto the computer, how about that? Took me a few hours, but I got there in the end. I must remember to stop getting myself in these catchup moments because it could start getting me stressed.

Anyhow, this was only a quick blog, and I promise tomorrow's blog will be even longer. So, until then, stay safe and take care! 
**29 July** : Monday

Dumpling Search!

Today has certainly been busy, the morning started off in the local council offices, and surprisingly we weren't waiting around long. Normally the local offices are packed and it takes ages before you see anyone. The one thing that makes me laugh is the ticket system, say for example you get ticket number eleven and the current number being called is ten, and then the next number it calls is twenty-seven. I thought a ticket system was meant to be in order? How does it get from ten and then twenty-seven? That things got a virus!

Anyhow, after we finished in the council office, we walked towards the shop to start shopping. Mum and Cassie (sister) wanted to grab a drink from Costa Coffee first, I wasn't in any mood to have a drink today. I've been feeling under the weather recently, I don't know whether its to do with my stomach or the lack of sleep, but either way it put me off having a Costa Coffee. While they were having their drinks, I decided to wonder over to WHSmith to look for some new books. This search became pointless after five minutes, the only books they had that interested me were the ones I already own. So, with no books in hand, I walked out of the shop and headed back towards Costa Coffee. As I approached mum, I looked at her and said 'well that was pointless, they had a poor selection. The only books I was interested in were the ones I already own.' Mum replied with her usual 'oh well, you can look in another shop.' I know this isn't my mum's fault, but I  
was just disappointed because I wanted to find something new to read.

After we finished up in Costa Coffee, it was time to do the usual wander around the pound shop. This is something I hate, the shops are packed, people get in my way, and it makes me feel closed in. I did my usual, I got half way round and handed my card to mum and I walked outside to wait for them. I know this may seem weird, but in all honesty I am not going to be somewhere that causes me to have a panic attack. Not long after I started to wait for them, they emerged with bags of shopping. Unfortunately, time was pushing on for mum and she needed to leave to attend a prearranged meeting. So, we said our goodbyes and we left mum to go on her way.

The next thing we had to do was find something to eat for Cassie and Amber (niece), I wasn't having anything to eat due to the sickness. We ended up siting in Burger King, I watched Amber eat a small chocolate Sundae. She really enjoyed it, the ice-cream was going all over her face and T-shirt, but it didn't matter, she enjoyed it which was the main thing. After this, I went to Waterstones while Cassie went outside to have a cigarette. I had some luck in this store, I brought four new books that interested me. Maybe I should shop at Waterstones more often? They seem to have a better selection to choose from, and they have a dedicated section for crime books. So, with four books in hand and £20 lighter, I walked out of Waterstones feeling happy that I found some books that I will enjoy.

I can't help but laugh at this next part, we were walking around Asda looking at the different foods, and from nowhere Cassie randomly said 'I fancy dumplings!' I don't know where this came from, but from that point onwards she had a craving for dumplings, it was like she became the dumpling monster, it's a bit like the Cookie Monster from Sesame Street. Lucky for her though, the search for dumplings didn't take long. I must admit she made the right choice; we had them for dinner and they were lovely!

So, as you can tell, we had a fun day. Well, apart from when I got home and then shortly after running out to collect medication. I needed to collect those anyway, my pain has been uncontrollable over the last day because I ran out of tablets. Anyhow, enough of me rambling on. I will speak to you all in the next blog, until then, stay safe and take care.

### **The Heavens of Sugar!** \- 30-31 July 2013

**30 July** : Tuesday

The Heavens open!

The heavens have finally opened, and while everyone is complaining about the rain, I'm welcoming it with open arms! I don't know why people complain, they hate it when it's too hot, and now they hate it because it's raining, you can't win with some people! I recently overheard a conversation between a group of people and they were moaning about hot it's been, one of them said 'it's going to be 20c tonight, it isn't good at all! I like it when it's in the middle.' What do you class as in the middle? Dry? Wet? Bit of a Breeze? I will say it again, but you can't win with some people!

Anyhow, with this weather keeping me confined to my bedroom for the day, myself and K have decided to start working on a schedule that will help me to become more productive. We decided to do this after I hinted several times that K should be my receptionist, I know it may seem like a cheeky thing to ask, but she has always done what's right for me, and I couldn't think of anyone better. So, I'm hoping this new schedule will help me to be more productive and it should help me to have more time to rest, and at least this won't give me an excuse to forget. As I've always said to K, you're only as good as the woman who leads you, and since K is my best friend I couldn't ask for anyone better than her to lead me to success.

I won't be doing much else today, reading and writing is the highlight of my day. The one thing I need to do is to have a shave, I'm starting to look like a goat with an overgrown beard. This is partly my fault, when I moved to my sisters, I somehow misplaced my electric shaver, but due to a busy time and infections, I've been unable to locate the shaver, which means that I've had to settle for cheap razors that will probably cut my neck to pieces! So, if I don't post tomorrow's blog, you will know that I've had a fight with a razor blade and it won!

Could you imagine having a fight with a razor blade? The razor would be like 'I am going to cut you up! If you come any closer then you're going to regret it!' Okay there's that imagination going in overdrive again! I find it hilarious how my imagination goes off on one, and it always seems to get worse once I've had my strong painkillers. I guess my drugs are like wine, they go straight to my head, and as we all know I've only got a peanut for a brain so it takes its toll on me!

Anyway, on that note, I'm buggering off to have a rest. Looks like I get an extra thirty minutes because I have time left over from my scheduled allowance for writing the blog. So, until the next blog, stay safe and take care.

**31 July** : Wednesday

Forgot The Sugar!

Well, what a day it's been! I woke up with no pain (thank goodness) and I felt delightfully chipper, don't know why this was, but maybe the medication has had a direct affect on how I am feeling today. I started my day like any other, walk through to the kitchen and make a cup of tea. I'm surprised that I am able to do this each morning because my eyes are covered in a layer of sleep, which causes my vision to become impaired.

The first task of my day was to visit the bank, obviously because I moved I needed to change the address or else some transactions won't go through. Anyhow, after I completed that task, I headed over to Tesco to pick up some shopping. I needed to buy some sugar, but as you read on you will see that this didn't go to plan. As I walked into Tesco's, the first thing that caught my eye were the books, and since I'm addicted to buying new books, I couldn't resist taking a quick look. Now as you can guess this quick look turned into a long look, and it also resulted in buying six new books. I can't help, reading books is something I love to do, and even if it takes me awhile, I'll still get round to reading them. I wonder if there's some rehab class for buying too many books? That would certainly be a funny thing to attend, 'I'm Marc and I'm addicted to buying books.'

So, with this shopping in hand, I walked home thinking I brought everything I went there for. As I started to make a cup of tea, I went to grab the sugar pot, and it was only then that I realized I had forgotten to buy some sugar. I won't repeat what I said, but it went a bit like this 'for fudge sake ...'  Anyhow, I quickly drank my tea and headed back out the door again to Tesco's. How stupid am I? I had to walk all the way there and back again, and even though it's a short distance, it completely tired me out. Next time I go shopping, I am going to make a list of things I need to buy because it will save me from doing all that walking.

Anyhow, I don't think I've got much planned for the rest of the day. I know I have a lovely dinner for later, so I guess that's something good to look forward to. The chances are I'll sit and read for the rest of the day or talk away on Twitter.

So, I guess it's that time again, time to sign off and cause trouble somewhere else. You never know, I might get arrested or something and that will add some fun to the next blog. Until the next blog, take care and stay safe!

### **Don't Judge!** \- 1-2 August 2013

**1 August** : Thursday

Judge Me for a Disability?

Why am I always judged? No matter what I do throughout my life, someone always pipes up with an opinion. I just don't get it, why can't people just keep it shut, and let me get on with what I want to do? I'm sorry that I seem annoyed, but I'm fed up with being treated like this! So, I have a disability, it doesn't mean I'm thick, and it doesn't mean that I am unable to publish books either! Having a disability isn't something I wished upon myself, it was what I was born with, and thanks to someones negligence I have to live with further injuries caused by them. Do you know what everyone? Some people out there are so narrow-minded, they're so far up their own backsides that can't see how these words can affect that person!

I don't want you all to think that I'm being nasty or arrogant, but do I really deserve all this? I write every day because it's what I love to do, and unfortunately due to my health this is the only thing I can do. The one thing people need realize is that I never asked for all these health problems, I was born with most of them, or they have been caused by bullies inflicting injuries upon myself. This is why I have bad back because some nice bully thought it would be funny to purposely try to break my back for me over a science table! One day karma will come back round and bite them on the behind, what goes around, comes around that's what I say! Anyhow, I'll leave this conversation  
for now. I'm off to bed to read a nice book, and maybe I'll wake up with less hassle tomorrow, I can only hope!

Well, it turns out that I woke up in a heatwave again. This famous British weather is doing it's usual, it doesn't know whether it wants to be hot or cold. When I opened my eyes this morning, it felt strange because I woke up without any pain crippling me. This was a delight to me, I could finally get through my day without the intense pain kicking me six-ways from Sunday.

Anyhow, this blog won't be long today. After last night's problems, and due to a lack of sleep I haven't got the energy to write massive amounts. I tried my hardest to sleep properly last night, but my body and mind were having none of it! I even put on an audiobook to try to help, but that was useless, an ashtray on a motorbike would have been more useful to me last night, or even a chocolate fireguard. As you can tell by my writing, I'm being very sarcastic. I guess tomorrow will be a better day, and I hope it will be because I hate feeling like this.

So, with that said, I am off to lie down on my bed and regain some energy by having a quick nap before dinner. Until the next blog, stay safe and take care.  
**2 August** : Friday

K's Little Helper!

Well, what a lovely day it's been! The day started out with a roars of thunder, and then for extra measure we had tones of rain. I will leave a picture at the end of the sky, it's certainly a must see!

I have spent much of the day with K, she needed some help because she's been very unwell recently. This was a pleasure to help K because she's my best friend, and after all the help she's given me over the recent months, it was my pleasure to help her in return.

So, my day started out with a short train ride, and a short walk to K's house. After a few tasks were complete, myself and K went on the hunt for books & DVDs. I wasn't interested by any of the DVDs we saw, which is weird for me because I normally have a browse through. I think my mind is just set on books, it's like an addiction, I can't stop buying them.

I learnt one major lessor from K today, and that was 'Do not judge a book by its cover.' Now this may seem logical to most people, but for some reason I've found myself doing this each time I buy a book. I normal have a method for buying books, it goes a bit like this. I look at the title and then the cover, and that's it. If the cover catches me and it matches the title then the bookshop will definitely have a purchase from me. Today K showed me a new method for picking books, she said 'you need to read what the books about on 
the back, you might be missing out on a good read.' Which I must admit she was right; I did buy a couple of books that I wouldn't normally buy. Anyhow, once I'd picked a few books with K's help, we headed over to the checkout to pay, and I must admit myself & K wasn't expecting what happened next. We got talking to the cashier woman about the differences between an Amazon Kindle and their Kobo reader. The woman gave us a running lecture, it was like the Kobo was the next best thing to slice bread. I agreed with many of the points she made, but there were a few that I need to personally check because it could mean that Kindle users have a chance of losing books they brought through the Kindle store. Now, I haven't taken this as the truth, but I will be doing my research to make sure. I am a big purchaser of kindle books, and if the rumour is true then, I'll be ditching my Kindle for their Kobo reader. When it comes down to it, if I'm not the sole owner of what I purchase then that's it, I'm not just throwing money at a company so they can go ahead and delete the books later and then you can't download them again. When you purchase an eBook, it should be solely your property for life, they should have no control over whether it's yours or not. If this is true, it's daylight robbery without a gun. Before I go making any assumptions, I will do the proper research and see what their terms & conditions say about owner of content material.

So, after this ten minute lecture, myself & K left the shop laughing because we weren't expecting it to happen, and to be honest I was struggling to believe the rumour she'd told us moments before. I ran through
my mind the possibility of this being true, but for some reason this didn't seem possible because I publish my books to the Kindle and this is the first time I've ever heard of this before.

The next thing we needed to do was to grab a drink from Costa Coffee. K only had water because she is very unwell at the moment, and to be honest I do hope she gets better very soon. I worry about her because how much trouble she's been through and now having these health problems, she really doesn't deserve all these problems all she does is to try to help people, but they throw it back in her face. - Personal note to K, you know I'll always be there for you, like today proved I'll be there whenever you need a hand or someone to talk to because I know you would do the same for me. Anyhow, as I sat at the table with my large cup of tea (thanks K), we had a chat about how K was feeling and about other random topics. After a couple of minutes went by, K noticed that her mum went past the window. K knocked on the window to try to catch her attention, but those attempts seemed to fail. We both laughed because it was one of those funny moments when you think 'how could she not see us, or hear us?'

As the day went on, we decided to head back to K's house to relax because we were both worn out. While K was doing the washing up, I spent the time playing with her cats Pixie and Mabel. This brings back memories from my childhood, I grew up around cats and I had a special bond with one of them because we had him from a few weeks old. Pixie was such a sweetheart, she kept on rubbing up against me, this was so cute. I keep saying to K that I'll hide Pixie in my bag and take her home, I would love a cat like Pixie because it would give me a bit of company, but unfortunately I won't be able to do this because my sister already has a cat in the house. I guess I'll have to wait, but until then I'll attempt to kidnap Pixie, and before I get animal right groups on here calling the RSPCA, I wouldn't kidnap a cat, so you can put your phone receivers in the downward position.

After all the fun, it was now time for me to leave because I needed to get home for dinner. We were having dinner from the chip shop tonight and I didn't want to come home to reheat it because it wouldn't taste as fresh. So, after our quick goodbyes and a hug (sorry if I hurt you K), I went on my merry way to meet the train I needed to catch.

I would like to personally thank the young lady who came chasing after me at the station, she noticed that I had a limp (caused by cerebral palsy) and she went out of her way to make sure if I was okay, which I thought was really kind of her to do.

So, after a short walk, I arrived home. I was completely soaked, my shirt was soaked and my legs were dripping with sweat (I know it sounds disgusting, but live with it).

Anyhow, that was my day, and I must admit it was fun! I must go now because my knees are killing me, but I do hope my efforts to push past the pain to produce this blog was worth it. So, as I mentioned before, the picture will be below, and I will bid you fair well for now.

### **Writing Method Exposed!** \- 4-5 August 2013

**4 August** : Sunday

Sunday, is for rest!

Core ...I've been tired over the last day or so. When I came to writing yesterday's blog, I thought to myself 'You're tired, take the day off and get some rest.' I think I was half expecting not to get the blog written because the evening was already in full swing, I was stuffed from dinner, and we were watching a film called "Vamps". This wasn't helped by the fact that my knees were very painful.

Today is what many people class as a day of rest, it's where you have the excuse to lie around and watch mindless television all day. I'm thinking about doing the same because I haven't got the energy to do much, I'll just lie on my bed reading books with the television on in the background.

I wasn't going to make this blog long today, the lack of energy combined with a low mood has forced me to make things quick and simple. I think the lack of energy has been caused by my ongoing digestive discomfort problems. There's nothing I can do about it, apart from ride it out. So, on that uncomfortable note, I'll speak to you all in the next blog.

**5 August** : Monday

Finding your writing method!

If you're an enthusiastic author like myself, you will appreciate how hard it is to produce new books. Some days the ideas will flow, and then other days it will stop dead in its tracks leaving you clueless. I've faced this many time's throughout the years, and it's only recently that I've found a method that helps my ideas flow. I wouldn't say this is a proven method, it is simply something that's helped me, so don't go getting your hopes up and think you can write like a professional overnight.

This method involves reading many books, watching many films, carrying a notepad & pen, and finding the right level of peace so you can focus. The most important part of this, is to find your focus zone, if you don't have focus then, you won't concentrate 100%, and that will mean the information you're trying to feed yourself will only be acknowledged by your brain to some degree. The best way to find peace is simple, you turn everything off, or in silent mode, and sit in a place that you feel comfortable with. This method of finding peace works in the daytime and nighttime, but I've discovered that this method works better if you do it in the evening time (7pm onwards). Depending on personal circumstances in the household, it may be difficult for someone to find peace. Many people will have to use trial and error before finding the right level of peace, it isn't something that you can accomplish overnight, but once you do find your peace zone, it will mean that you're able to concentrate 100%.

Let's carry on under the assumption that you've found your focus zone. The next part of this involves taking on many different media's e.g, books, films, and documentaries. While you're absorbing this media, it's best if you do it over time, this will stop you from straining your mind with large chunks of information. When I read books, I read them over time, I read small segments and then I would take a break for a while. This will allow your mind to relax, and it will also retain anything you've read. Think of this like an exercise schedule for your brain, like any exercise, if you strain yourself it won't be effective, but if you maintain the right level of exercise it will make you stronger. So, all you need to do is to find the right schedule that works for you.

Okay, so far we have concluded every statement I mentioned above apart from the last one, and that is carrying a notepad & pen. This one may seem logical to some people, but to others it's something they completely forget or disregard in their writing process.  Take this scenario as a good example. Your out somewhere and suddenly you have a story idea, but you don't have any way of writing it down. Now you have to remember it, and the chances are you will forget by the time you come to write it down. So, for that reason alone, I suggest you carry these items with you because it will prevent dilemmas like this!

So, there's my method exposed. I do hope you all can take something from this to improve your own workflow. I am off to read for a while and then I'm off to  
sleep for a few hours. Anyhow, I needed to get this written down before the tiredness kicked in.

Well, that was a rude awakening, I woke up to the sound of scaffolding being erected outside our house. We knew all about this of course, they are fitting new windows to each flat, but why did they start so early? I was tucked up all nice and warm, and then I hear the clacking of scaffolding pipes. I thought 'Damn, do those guys even sleep?' There was no chance of me sleeping now with all that noise, so I got up and started my daily routine.

I was going to go out today, but the weather seems to be muggy, it's hot, but overcast. We did have some spots of rain in the afternoon, but that soon changed. Anyhow, with nothing else planned, I'm going to lie on my bed and read for the rest of the day. Before I sign off, I want to recommend three books for you all to read. They are: A Place of Safety by Helen Black, Suffer the Little Children by Frances Reilly, Private Down Under by James Patterson, and The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith (JK Rowling's secondary pen name.) These are very interesting books, and they're worth a look! So, until the next blog, take care.

### **The Book Upset Me!** \- 6-7 August 2013

**6 August** : Tuesday

Away with The Fairies!

Well, another day with scaffolding noise. I woke up late this morning, my brain had this crazy idea, it thought 'Marc doesn't need sleep, let's mess with his head by giving him story ideas.' Keep in mind that this was at 2-3am, and I really needed to sleep. Even though my appreciation for this wasn't welcomed with open arms, but I certainly appreciated the story my mind gave me at the time.

Today seemed weird, it was like my mind was away with the fairies. Everything seemed to be a blur to me, each time I tried to regain my senses it seemed to fight against me, it was like a mini battle within my mind and senses. I think this was caused by a couple of medical problems I have, well and, the medication I took previously to halt my pain yesterday. Ironically, as I write this blog, my mind seems to be away with the fairies due to the medication I've taken.

I've had a bad day with my condition today, it seems like the pain doesn't want to settle down, maybe I'm pushing my body in some way and not noticing it?

Anyhow, I'm going to stop the blog here, I'm off to lie down and read a book. So, until the next blog, stay safe and take care.     
**7 August** : Wednesday

I was annoyed, and in pain!

What a bad night that was! Every hour that came by I was hit by pain that shot through my abdomen. Anyhow, I couldn't let this ruin my day, after all, complaining will get me nowhere.

I want to get something off my chest, I read a chapter from "Suffer the Little Children" and I was utterly disgusted by what I read. Could you believe that children in a convent do not get presents for Christmas? I'm not going to lie, and I am sorry if this sounds rude or out my nature, but this did piss me off! Every child deserves a present at Christmas, who the fuck do these nuns think they are? There is nothing right about what those nuns did to those girls, and if there is a God, they wouldn't condone this type of abuse or negligence on children. Again, I am sorry for this outburst, but you have to read it to believe what the girls went through. I would certainly recommend this book to everyone, believe me you won't regret it!

I had to collect a book today from my local Waterstones store. The reason for having this delivered to store was that they tried to charge me extra for having it delivered to my house. I thought that this was a bit of a con, why should I pay for delivery when I can have it shipped to the store free of charge? I know what I am going to do in the future, there's no way I'm paying when its shipped the same way to the store. I know this may seem like I'm being a cheapskate, but come on, every penny counts these days, and it's just a  
waste of money of money when I can just pick it up from the store.

Anyway, I was now on the bus into town. The bus journey seemed to be very enduring, as we went over each bump I could feel my stomach churning as it went through the motions, it was like my stomach was a portable washing machine! I tried to ignore the vile feeling pulsating through my stomach by listening to an audiobook. This didn't help 100%, but it did help pass the time. What normally takes around ten minutes, felt like it was taking forever to complete this journey into town. Maybe I was focusing too much on the sickness? That could explain the dragged out feeling.

So, there I was walking through the shopping centre. I had a stern expression across on my face, it was like a bulldog chewing a wasp. I was on a mission, I just wanted to get in and out of there as quick as I could. The visit to Waterstones went okay, I just collected my package and headed straight out the store, which was strange for me because I normally have a browse through the books. My next stop was to the local WHSmith to have a look through their offers. I had a 20% off coupon in my pocket and I thought this would be a fantastic opportunity to grab myself a bargain. Anyway, to be brief, I brought myself four new books, well three new books, the other was for Cassie.

When I was waiting on the bus to go home, I noticed that an elderly woman in a wheelchair was told that she had to wait for another bus because there wasn't  
enough space for her. This was a load of rubbish, the second bay was fully empty on the bus and there was plenty of room for her. I swear some people can't be bothered to help the elderly or disabled, it's disgraceful the way they get treated. I would understand if the bus didn't have a ramp, but this one did. I don't want to get on my high-horse about this, but it's disrespectful.

The journey home was long and relentless, it felt like it went on forever! I tried listening to my audiobook again, but this failed and I just sat there feeling even more sick than before. As I stepped through the door my guts and pain were getting worse, it was like someone stabbed me with a knife. After I took many tablets, the pain started to subside, but due to the side-effects I was feeling hungry, it was like I hadn't eaten in days. Once dinner came along I was over the moon, and luckily this cured my hunger.

So, as you can see, it's been very up and down over the last couple of days, but don't worry I will be okay, it's something I'm used to, and thanks to my condition, it's something I will have for life. I'm signing off now, time to read some more and relax. Until the next blog, stay safe and take care.

### **Two Pens, and Cover Fail!** \- 8-9 August 2013

**8 August** : Thursday

Two Pens in Three Weeks!

So, it's currently silly o'clock in the morning and my body doesn't know what it wants to do. I feel very tired, but my body wants to stay awake, it's like my body is out of sync with my brain. I'm sure this will pass and I'll go to sleep very soon.

Anyhow, let's discuss something amusing. While I was writing a short story entry tonight, I noticed that my pen was starting to run out of ink, which annoyed me because this was the second pen I've used up in three weeks. I didn't even know that I wrote so much, but I guess that will explain the amount of notepads I get through. This means I'll have to buy more stationary in the morning, but I think this time I'll buy pencils and a rubber instead because I waste ink just crossing things out. Can you believe it though? Two new pens completely used up in three weeks. Hopefully all this writing will lead to something productive, and it won't seem a waste of money in the long run.

Well, on that note, I think I'll try to get some sleep. I did sleep in the evening time, but I think I'll need many more hours before my body is totally rested.

This is going to sound weird, but I keep waking up feeling very heavy, I think my body is half asleep because I tried looking at my phone and it was just a blur, and my hand had extra trails as I waved it in front  
of my face. I guess I'll have to try to sleep again, but knowing my luck it won't happen.

The morning was finally here, and for a change I felt fantastic! I had no pains and felt cheerfully refreshed, did I wake up in a different world, or is this an inverted dream where everything goes well? I don't know how the pains disappeared, but I'm not going to question that because I've needed a rest from all the pains and sickness for a while now. Anyhow, with these good feelings running through my veins, I jumped out of bed at around 7:20am and I continued towards the kitchen to make myself a cup of tea. I didn't bother having any breakfast because I didn't feel hungry, I thought I would leave it until I got back from Tesco's because I would have worked up and appetite by then.

I dashed around Tesco's as quick as I could, I didn't want to be too long because the hunger was starting to build up inside me. Anyhow, when I got home I decided to eat a few yogurts to start me off. I'm going to start having food on a little and often basis because it might help me in the long run.

Sorry to cut this short, but I need to lie down, my medication are kicking me again. So, until the next blog, take care and stay safe! 
**9 August** : Friday

Book Cover Fail!

Turns out that I needed an early night. You wouldn't believe this, but I was in bed by 8am. I was completely exhausted, and for the life of me, I don't know why. Anyhow, it looks like the long sleep, done me the world of good, well, apart from all the yawning!

I will warn you all now that this blog won't be long, I've just noticed that the book covers for this book have been formatted incorrectly. I made the book cover a few days ago and I've only just noticed my schoolboy error with the formatting. So, this means, I've got to spend another afternoon in Photoshop formatting and scaling the existing cover. I don't know why I'm complaining, it was my own fault, and all I need to do is copy the existing design, how hard could that be?

So, today has been it's usual mundane routine, got up, went to the shop, and came back home. Then, I sit at a computer for several hours and write parts of novels that I'm working on. I am hoping this routine changes soon, it's getting a bit boring, I need some excitement to give me inspiration. Anyhow, I'm looking forward to my day off tomorrow. I will probably spend all the time reading or on Twitter, no doubt Twitter will be a huge chunk of the day. Anyway, I'm off now, I need to correct the book cover or else I'll be late with the deadline. Until the next blog, stay safe and take care.

### **Hardest Challenge Starts!** \- 11-12 August 2013

**11 August** : Sunday

Hardest Challenge!

I'm probably facing the hardest challenge of my life right now, and that is to write about bad times in my life. This isn't easy for me, and no matter what happens I know I have to push myself through it for my own sake. I know one thing, this will make many people proud of me, but then again, I know some people will get upset by the whole story.

When I publish this book, it won't be done to get sympathy, it will be to highlight the struggles I went through and to raise awareness. Some people out there of course will try to make something crude out of it all, but then you will have the audience who will listen and feel everything I went through.

Let's go on to a different topic. You may have noticed that the blogs have started to get shorter. Well, this is simply because we're coming up to the end of the summer season, and I really need a break. Writing is something I love, but when you're doing every day, it starts to become stressful, and that's something I need to avoid. I want to make you all aware that the last blog of this season will be August 19th and the book will be published on or around September 1st. So, on that note, I'm off to write my story. Until the next blog, stay safe and take care.  
**12 August** : Monday

Suffer the Little Children Book Review

Over the last two weeks or so, I've been mentioning a book across Twitter and Facebook. As I reached the end of every chapter, I would give a quick review of what I just read, sometimes it would be a nice comment, but then other times it would be anger, I would go off the rails and let my opinion out, and I wouldn't care what those people thought, most of the time people would like what I posted, and then they would re-tweet or share my posts. I want to make an apology for losing it, but in some ways, I felt that these feelings of anger and frustration were necessary.

So, let's get down to the review on Goodreads. I want all to keep in mind that I held my anger back because I feel the book is fantastic, and I didn't want to give the book a bad name.

_"As I reflect through my notes on this book, I feel the overwhelming to get something off my chest about this book, but I'll retain my composure and explain my review calmly. These girls put trust in the nuns who cared for them, and that was totally dashed once they abused their position as a nun. While you read this book, you will feel many emotions. You will feel everything poor Frances goes through, and in some ways you will feel the urge that you need to help her._

_As the story continues, you will uncover Frances special powers after she loses her father. After reading the next chapter, I became very annoyed, maybe this was because I felt every word that was being said. This happened throughout reading this book, and in some ways I was glad to finish the book. Now, don't misunderstand me, the book was fantastic and I would read it again, but my sadness was contained within me as I read every word._

_I'm glad that Frances was able to sort her life, and to find justice against those who did her wrong. No one deserves what the girls went through, and I do hope Karma comes around and bites them on the backside because all they did was abuse their position, and they knew no one would second guess them because of who they were._

_Enough said, a fantastic book, and well worth reading!"  _

Link to review and notes: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/683371359

I know this review is very opinionated, but once you read the book, you will understand why I've been stern in my review. This story was worth every moment I spent reading it, and I'm sure you will enjoy it too!

As you can probably guess, I wrote this part the night before. I did this to prevent myself from forgetting, and rushing around at the last minute to finish up the blog. So, on that note, I'm off to rest. I have a busy day tomorrow, and I need to be up early, but sure, I'll discuss that tomorrow.

I can't believe it, it's currently 12:34am and I can't sleep. I don't understand it, I'm yawning my head off, surely I should be fast asleep? I think I know the two main reasons for this happening, one, my shoulder and spine are killing me, and two, my mind is wide awake and overactive. Anyhow, let's try attempt number two to see if I'll sleep.

Well, it looks like I'm very unwell again; I don't know what's caused this, but changes are, it's something that hasn't agreed with my stomach. I wouldn't mind, but I felt great this morning until this came along at 10am. This all started while I was walking through the shop with my sister (Cassie). I think I'm just catching everything these days, one bug after another, let's hope this only a twenty-four hour thing.

Anyhow, I must go back to resting. I hope everyone stays safe and well, until the next blog take care.

### **Summer Season 13 Ends** \- 13-14 August 2013

**13 August** : Tuesday

One-in-Five Children Cyber-Bullied

So, even after twelve hours of sleep, my body is craving more! I guess this gastroenteritis isn't playing nicely with my body, feeling physically sick like this isn't something I would have chosen. Anyhow, we must look past all these problems, and somehow grab the world with both hands and rock 'n roll!

When I watched the news this morning, I was stunned to learn that one-in-five children are "Cyber-Bullied". These figures are scary, but then again we must look at both sides of this debate. Children of young ages are being bullied across these networks, but we must ask ourselves a couple of questions. Where is the parental guidance? And, why isn't the social networks stepping up and taking control? I understand that several popular networks use filtering tools to look through their sites to detect malicious content, which is fantastic, but as all know these tools can only go so far. So, can the networks be held responsible? Or should parents play a bigger roll to prevent this from happening? If you have any input to this, please leave it on the comment section for this post. If you're reading this via my book, simple type the date of this post into the search bar and you will find this post there.

Anyway, not long now until my next book is released, and I can honestly say I am very excited about it. This would be my sixth publication (five in print, and one edition only), 
certainly daunting because when I published my first book, I wasn't expecting it to get anywhere, but out of nowhere this book was brought many times and downloaded over three thousand times. For a first time publication, this is an amazing achievement. I do hope the next publication takes off like my first one, well I can at least hope that it does. We live in a world filled with unexpected results, some will go your way, and others won't. Always remember the results you least expect, will be the ones that go in your favor. Think of it like, expecting the unexpected, you must wait and see what happens, these things don't happen overnight.

Well, the day has gone by quickly, someone's been turning those hands of time quick again. I have been informed that I have to be up early tomorrow because we have workman fitting new windows. Can you sense the joy running through my veins? Or should I say the sarcasm sailing through my peanut shaped brain! The modern age technology will come to my rescue (thanks iPad!). Anyhow, I'm off to read another book, so lookout for my commentary on Goodreads, Facebook and Twitter! So, until the next blog, stay safe and take care.

**14 August** : Wednesday

Summer Season 2013 Ends

Well, today started out early. We've had workmen here all morning fitting new windows and doors, this is a welcome change, but I didn't appreciate the early start. I was surprised at how alert I was this morning, I was up until 12:30am just tossing and turning, it didn't help that the weather was cold last night and this many pains across my body.

I need to mention something while it's on my mind, the summer season blogs will be finishing today, I know this might be unexpected, but I urgently need time off. If you read my blog regally, you will know that I've been feeling unwell over the last couple of months. Now, these illnesses will always come and go, unfortunately I have a low immune system and this means I need to let my body repair. I don't mean to be a spoilsport, but I don't think it's worth risking my health. As the old saying goes, you need to think about yourself and your health first. Everything else is secondary.

So, with that said, I'll be back on the first day of September. Before I come back, the next edition of BloggyBook should be published everywhere and I hope you all will enjoy it, don't forget to look out for secret content that you can only find in the book. Anyway, until September, stay safe and take care!

