“Unlucky people are narrowly focused…They crave security and tend to be more anxious, and instead of wading into the sea of random chance open to what may come, they remain fixated on controlling the situation, on seeking a specific goal.
Idle Hands, yo.
Last week I was expecting to get back the manuscript of my novel from my partner so I could start editing. I still don’t have it back so, restless, I started working on this short film script I’d brainstormed recently
Okay, so it’s a long short
I had an idea for a short film that was pretty exciting to me. It felt a little more substantial than the last couple of shorts I wrote; maybe an ambitious 15-20 pages with room for a couple of layers,
Family History – the Beginning of News
This is my first time through the whole book-writing/publishing process, but in the weeks ahead you should start to see a trickle of announcements/updates both here and on the website my partner is having built to promote the book. We
Could Nick survive The Day With No Bar Graph?
Because I am incredibly nerdy, I maintain a spreadsheet list of the projects I want to write where I keep track of their current stage of development. I also have a separate tab on the spreadsheet where I note everything
Yep, it Happened Again
Basically, I get an idea. Usually, the idea comes in the form of a question: “What if….?” I ask myself the question. I ask a few close friends the question. I see if the question provokes any interesting reactions in
Birth Announcement
Nicholas Thurkettle is pleased to announce that, on May 1st, 2013, at 1:48pm, he became the proud father of a healthy baby novel – 422 manuscript pages long and weighing in at 92,427 words. He will allow the novel to