The self-discipline explains the lack of blogging recently; I have promised myself more focus on the book I'm writing, fixed hours in the day, content targets, and less time getting distracted (interested ... puzzled ... outraged) by current affairs, science, history and anything else that wonders across my vision.
I am fond of saying that "I know a bit about quite a few things, and I have an opinion on everything"; this works well as an ice-breaker in a group of people, whether work or social. I believe it's true, and I could spend all week blogging about topics I see in just the Saturday Guardian. Self-discipline is hard!
I watched Professor Brian Cox recently giving a lecture on space & time - yes, it was the Science of Doctor Who, but this was proper grown-up stuff presented in a virtuosic manner. I used to think Brian Cox was annoying but this lecture won me over. Since then I have been thinking a lot about past and future light cones and the whole physical structure of the universe ... I haven't quite finished yet, so look out for a blog in, say, 2026. And you still believe the bit about improved self-discipline?
My name is Nic Vine, and I find (almost) everything interesting and worthy of analysis.
Nevertheless, that one weird old tip (to use a current online vernacular) of assigning certain hours of the day as not just "writing is priority" but actually "writing is all I do" does work. It's obvious really. I don't know why I took so long to adopt it. So the book will be finished in 2014, and no I'll not be tied down any further because I want it to be fun, not a millstone.
