Operation Concrete

The Long Walk

I've been curious about the idea of 'the long walk' for most of my adult life and I've felt for a long time that if I was going to be able to choose a way to slip off the mortal ...Read More

On writing: All experience fuels ideas

So, I've been a little disappointed in myself. I have over the last six months, become incredibly distracted, removing myself from my daily writing routines, and instead getting myself into all sorts of emotional trouble. This however, is not necessarily ...Read More

Writing about love – Part 2

Just over three years ago, whilst writing the first version of Concrete Operational, I wrote a post about love, it’s here, and I’ve put the extract below: “Arh, now, there's a subject, if not THE subject. To end, to beat, to ...Read More

Speaking Freely – SpinVox Review

"So, I'm reviewing the SpinVox service to show how good a service I think it is. To actually review SpinVox I'm using SpinVox to do it, rather than sitting down and typing out the review which, at the moment, I ...Read More

Speaking Freely – NaNoWriMo Pwned

"So, we have a National Novel Writing Month winner! That's right, last night, by the skin of my teeth I managed to crawl over 50,000 words and enter them in to the thing that they have to count the words ...Read More

"So the last couple of days are here. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I've been slacking somewhat. Last night I went to Amplified 08, a groovy meeting of about 200 social media and new media guys. After which I came home ...Read More

"So my phone has been playing up over the last couple of days and I kept getting 'network busy' messages when trying to call SpinVox, which is a bit peculiar but I'm back blogging now. Tuesday morning. Final week of ...Read More

"So, last night was the first night of National Novel Writing month where it kind of really felt like it was a chore, it felt like it was homework which was a bit weird and put me off a little ...Read More

"So, another morning here in London follows another evening of NaNoWriMo. I feel a little bit weird walking to the tube in the mornings, which is where I'm doing these blogs from, and talking into my phone like I'm talking ...Read More

"So yesterday was a write off unfortunately. I think I ate something dodgy Monday evening and I've spent all of yesterday in between the bathroom and my own bed. So, I'm even further behind schedule now, but some good news, ...Read More