Friday, November 30, 2001
I haven't double checked, but an article appeared in the company magazine today and I think this is how it read-
Most of us could just about manage to make dinner and read the paper after work � Ian Pattinson, though, is a regular word machine.
After a full day in Staines, designing databases to improve the efficiency of the sales force, he still has the energy to write novels � not just one either. In his words: �I hope to produce a novel every six to nine months, in a number of genres and experimenting with different styles every time.�
Ian�s latest novel is made up of two stories � Another Education and Ruby Red � both set in fictional university towns in the north of England. They�ve been made available as print on demand from Planetree Publishing.
In Another Education, a group of friends are trying to reconcile study, politics, job-hunting, romance and beer, when the community is hit by murder. Ruby Red is the story of a bereavement, a new romance�and a deaf cat with no tail.
�I do my writing in the evenings and at weekends, between learning to snowboard and games on the Playstation 2,� says Ian. �I also maintain a website �www.spinneyhead.co.uk � where I show samples of my work.
Already in the offing is a 7� square comic about an ill-fated musician and his band, and a workplace comedy called The Eliza Effect.
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Most of us could just about manage to make dinner and read the paper after work � Ian Pattinson, though, is a regular word machine.
After a full day in Staines, designing databases to improve the efficiency of the sales force, he still has the energy to write novels � not just one either. In his words: �I hope to produce a novel every six to nine months, in a number of genres and experimenting with different styles every time.�
Ian�s latest novel is made up of two stories � Another Education and Ruby Red � both set in fictional university towns in the north of England. They�ve been made available as print on demand from Planetree Publishing.
In Another Education, a group of friends are trying to reconcile study, politics, job-hunting, romance and beer, when the community is hit by murder. Ruby Red is the story of a bereavement, a new romance�and a deaf cat with no tail.
�I do my writing in the evenings and at weekends, between learning to snowboard and games on the Playstation 2,� says Ian. �I also maintain a website �www.spinneyhead.co.uk � where I show samples of my work.
Already in the offing is a 7� square comic about an ill-fated musician and his band, and a workplace comedy called The Eliza Effect.
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First day back in Manchester. There are some people who would rather I wasn't here, but they're exactly the people I don't care about any more. (I went off and did a national project. I'm only interested in talking to people who could go off and do the same.)
Part of me wishes I were above this pettiness. But most of me just wants to point and snigger.
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Part of me wishes I were above this pettiness. But most of me just wants to point and snigger.
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Thursday, November 29, 2001
Moving Music- Embrace, The Good Will Out, Queen, Greatest Hits, Rolling Stones, The London Years (Disk 3)
I'm back! The money's paid, the lease is signed and I'm in an empty house in Manchester. And when I say empty, I mean empty. If it didn't fit in the back of a Volkswagen Polo this morning it ain't here.
Of course, the first thing I've got to do now I'm back in Manchester is drive South again on Sunday and visit the Croydon office. A last chance, at least, to see one of the few people down there who I'll miss.
Other random thoughts for the day- Queen gave me another song for the soundtrack of my next (but one) project. The Eliza Effect might just make it to a script as well as a novel. I can see it all wrapping up with our three heroes karaoke'ing 'We Are The Champions' as a sort of drunken finger to everyone who's caused them trouble during their project. Other soundtrack snippets- Stress, by Jim's Big Ego and Only Living Boy In New Cross/ Re-Educating Rita, by Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine.
I haven't told you anything about The Eliza Effect yet have I? Let's just say I'm going to be writing a novel/ script based upon my experiences travelling the country trying to get an IT project off the ground.
It's going to be a farce.
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I'm back! The money's paid, the lease is signed and I'm in an empty house in Manchester. And when I say empty, I mean empty. If it didn't fit in the back of a Volkswagen Polo this morning it ain't here.
Of course, the first thing I've got to do now I'm back in Manchester is drive South again on Sunday and visit the Croydon office. A last chance, at least, to see one of the few people down there who I'll miss.
Other random thoughts for the day- Queen gave me another song for the soundtrack of my next (but one) project. The Eliza Effect might just make it to a script as well as a novel. I can see it all wrapping up with our three heroes karaoke'ing 'We Are The Champions' as a sort of drunken finger to everyone who's caused them trouble during their project. Other soundtrack snippets- Stress, by Jim's Big Ego and Only Living Boy In New Cross/ Re-Educating Rita, by Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine.
I haven't told you anything about The Eliza Effect yet have I? Let's just say I'm going to be writing a novel/ script based upon my experiences travelling the country trying to get an IT project off the ground.
It's going to be a farce.
Labels: Croydon, london, Manchester
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Wednesday, November 28, 2001
Big day tomorrow. Not only do I move back to Manchester, but I get my first bit of publicity. It's a little piece in the company magazine, but we've all got to start somewhere haven't we?
Now, I just have to pack..........
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Tuesday, November 27, 2001
I was in Kingston on Sunday night and I realised that there is one thing I'll miss down here. The Thames.
I've always maintained that rivers are good for the soul and ol' father Thames is particularly special because it's alive. There's human activity all the way along it. You just don't get that on the Mersey, which is little more than a glorified drainage ditch while it runs through Manchester.
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I've always maintained that rivers are good for the soul and ol' father Thames is particularly special because it's alive. There's human activity all the way along it. You just don't get that on the Mersey, which is little more than a glorified drainage ditch while it runs through Manchester.
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Monday, November 26, 2001
I got a message from God (forwarded by Terry Watkins) telling me to go here and learn just how bad Christian Rock is. Apparently it opens the door to 'secular' music, y'know, like John Denver, The Carpenters.......
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Sinfest explains the real reason for becoming a New Man.
I'd like to point out that I've been trying this for years and it hasn't worked very well.
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I'd like to point out that I've been trying this for years and it hasn't worked very well.
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I suspected there'd be something horribly wrong with XP.
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Sunday, November 25, 2001
Images of the Week
I got the photos back from last Saturday. Here's the 'King Of The World!' moment. Hard to believe just moments earlier I'd been getting intimate with the little rock.
Elsewhere, work continues on Usual Time, Usual Place. This is one of the cleaner images I've done in the last week and a bit.
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I got the photos back from last Saturday. Here's the 'King Of The World!' moment. Hard to believe just moments earlier I'd been getting intimate with the little rock.
Elsewhere, work continues on Usual Time, Usual Place. This is one of the cleaner images I've done in the last week and a bit.
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