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books in black wooden book shelf

Switching Focus To Short Stories To Make A Fortune

AI Writes Poor Prose – Use It To Fix Procrastination

The White Lotus Season 3 is in stunning Thailand, where I live. Is it realistic?

Don’t Watch The Fantastic ‘The White Lotus’ On A Plane!

Scheduled Tasks On ChatGPT Is Actually Pretty Cool

Fantastic tunes to listen to help write more and focus

I’m now addicted to Dredge and Balatro

After Career Advice From ChatGPT I’m Trying Something Drastic

The Occult – Rankin, Lovecraft, And Marenghi Are Warping My Mind

The most depressing day annually, and weird Christmas traditions

Next year, I am improving my chess skills. Here’s how

To Monetize Or Not? Reaching An Astonishing 100 Subscribers On Substack

From Zork to AI Dungeon: How AI is Revolutionizing Interactive Text Adventures

How to be more productive when writing – great music and apps!

Getting Substack subscribers and changing writing focus

Plotting vs. Pantsing: What’s Better for Writers and Readers?

Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Author: ward

Blog

Perfect Catch

ward 28/11/2010

I know that the internet and the world in general has been gripped with concern over lack of new posts of late. Apologies for that! I have been working lots and … Read More

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Eye Lasik Surgery

ward 14/11/2010

I got my eyes lasered recently and it has been awesome! I can now see for thousands of miles. I could see pretty astoundingly with my contact lenses, but now … Read More

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Planned Engineering Work

ward 07/11/2010

If you live in London and have to be travel by tube at the weekend ‘Planned Engineering Work’ is a phrase you will have heard about a billion times. Probably … Read More

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Mind Lamp

ward 21/10/2010

I wrote recently about robots controlled by the brains of rats. Rats have all the fun. This week, I bring you a lamp that is controlled by human thoughts. Not … Read More

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Cyborg controlled by rat brain

ward 08/10/2010

Continuing with my ‘robots will take over the world’ theme, here is something even cooler and scarier than the Aggressive Quadrotor I wrote about recently. It is a robot controlled … Read More

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Aggressive Quadrotor

ward 29/09/2010

This is where it begins. Rise of the machines. I don’t understand how scientists – generally huge Sci Fi fans – can watch films like Terminator or Matrix and then … Read More

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Blog Life!

The iPad for writing. One month on.

ward 23/09/2010

I have now had my lovely iPad for almost a month. A friend suggested I write about it, so here we are. How does the iPad work as a writer? … Read More

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The Pope is in the UK and is worried about our holidays

ward 18/09/2010

The pope is finally here! God bless us every one! As you may have guessed from reading this site, I’m not particularly religious. I have nothing against those who are … Read More

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War Horse Play review

ward 10/09/2010

I saw this the other night and was blown away. I knew it had puppet horses in it but little else. War Horse is about a horse called Joey and … Read More

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Writing for the Internet

ward 01/09/2010

I feel like I have been neglecting this site a little bit of late. I feel bad about that. But, your honour, it isn’t my fault. In the past five … Read More

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iPad is now justified

ward 25/08/2010

Like the sad nerd that I am, I got filled with techno envy and impulse bought an iPad. I now need to justify this purchase by writing something on it. … Read More

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Films

Kick-Ass review

ward 22/08/2010

Yes, this is a review of the film Kick-ass. Although it is, what with this being my writing, an actual ass kicker of a review. I’d been meaning to watch … Read More

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Giant Rats in Bradford

ward 20/08/2010

Ratzilla shot on a Bradford estate! This is some scary assed stuff. Apparently some local yokels were out ‘ratting’ when a small group of huge rats ran out. The inbred … Read More

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Food/Drink London

The Rosslyn Arms pub, Hampstead

ward 20/08/2010

This pub is just down the hill from Hampstead Tube. Or just up the hill from Belsize Park tube. Take your pick. I think it is slightly nearer Hampstead though … Read More

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Be afraid! Please…

ward 17/08/2010

I was wrong I’ll admit it. See how damned magnanimous I can be? Last year I wrote about how swine flu was being blown out of proportion by the media … Read More

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Word of Ward has been poorly!

ward 13/08/2010

Yes, my poor website has been ill. Like the egomaniac I am, I went to check my readership last week and found that it had dropped to 150 a day … Read More

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Books

The City and The City by China Mieville

ward 04/08/2010

The City and The City is a unique and fascinating book. Plus it is a good one. Set in the fictional Eastern European city of Besz it follows a policeman … Read More

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Blog Life!

i Dosing

ward 25/07/2010

No one can accuse thewordofward of not having its finger on the pulse. You want zeitgeist? This is it baby! i-Dosing is allegedly the new craze sweeping the easily swept … Read More

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Stop eating fish!

ward 23/07/2010

I saw a documentary the other day called ‘The Cove’. It was a pretty awesome documentary about a secret bay where a load of Japanese slaughter thousands of dolphins for … Read More

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The Pope is coming!

ward 11/07/2010

Sorry for being controversial but the Pope is coming and it has annoyed me. If you are Catholic please ‘turn the other cheek’ and forgive me. There aren’t many left … Read More

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