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Hammer, Hornet, writer, blogger, procrastinator. Find me at https://mdpayne87.wordpress.com/. Novella 'Momentum' and Novel 'State Line' available as Kindle ebooks.
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Timelines So far, so good. It's not even 8am on a Saturday and I've already done my writing for the day. I've managed to sustain a regular writing routine and it's really helping. In fact, I don't think I've had a single day off since I started my latest novel, which is highly unusual for me. It's…

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Early Bird Sometimes you can see a number of things that coincidentally are about the same subject, and they come along just at the moment you need to hear them. For me, this came in the form of a Whatsapp conversation with my sister about Miracle Morning, which she is currently reading. On the…

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Autobiographical So, New Year, no resolutions to speak of, but pleased to report I'm writing again. Very early stages but I think it's probably going to be a novel. I'd like to say the idea came out of nowhere, but I'm aware with this one that it shows its influences pretty clearly, it fact it…

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2024: The Reading Year So here we are. Another year slips by, another reading challenge of 50 books completed. I'm going to use that benchmark for good going forward, as I can pretty much read what I like and complete on time without having to rush. As always, never feel that I read anything…

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Funk It's funny, really. How much things change, how much they stay the same. I've just come back from a bitterly cold walk along the beach. I'm basically trying to fill time on my day off, and that tells you all you need to know about my current creative funk. Before writing this post I had a…

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Work Ethic No, not the beer. (Although it is very tasty). More the ridiculous work situation and state of mind I find myself in. I don't talk about work that much on here, mostly because it's a means to an end, not the core of me. But lately… https://mdpayne87.wordpress.com/2024/11/29/work-ethic/

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Quick plug of my work as this place seems more equipped for creative types: Blog - mdpayne87.wordpress.com Kindle novella 'Momentum.' www.amazon.co.uk/Momentum-Mar... Kindle novel 'State Line.' www.amazon.co.uk/State-Line-M... Looking forward to getting stuck in on here!

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Decision Made So as I wrote in my last post, I turned down the offer from Olympia. I actually left their acceptance and contract offer in my inbox unanswered for a couple of weeks. It genuinely slipped my mind to get back to them. So once… https://mdpayne87.wordpress.com/2024/11/17/decision-made/

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