Tulips from Amsterdam

Couple of preliminary sketches for a foot tattoo my friend asked me to design for her.




First one is a bit cluttered I think, but the second has potential...

Working 9 to 5

This is 7.30am.

NaNoWriMo Update

The children with whom I work were fooled into writing 600 words over the first three days of this project. I am quite proud.

Sadly my personal word count is only 5327. Woe. It ought to be 8335 by now, assuming equal distribution of writing across all the days. The fact that this was clearly never going to happen is irrelevant.

Still, worse things happen at sea. Especially around Somalia.

My Job

Yesterday an unhinged child threw several hardback books at me, then spat in my face for good measure. Twice.

Today I was informed by a fourteen year old that I am the second best member of staff in our team of five.

Children are fickle bastards.

Hallowe'en

Samhuinn Procession down the Royal Mile.

Samhuinn/Samhain is the last day of the year in the Celtic calendar, traditionally thought of as the night spirits and ghosts can walk the earth. This is where guising (trick-or-treating) originated - people got dressed up to frighten them away.

The procession was really vibrant and colourful, but sadly my last minute remembering that I had a camera in my pocket doesn't do it justice...

Literary Ambition

I am going to write a novel this November.

My colleague put me onto it, here. We're going to use the young persons' version at work as a template to try and trick kids into writing. Wuhahaha, we are pure evil.

Basically the aim is to write 50,000 words by midnight on the 30th of November. The idea is that deadlines encourage you to do things and that the teeny time frame allows you to abandon your inner editor and just get it done. S'a good theory, and I am sold.

Wish me luck...

Autumn Has Happened...

...I painted a picture of it.