"...of

Changed a few things when I proof read page 8 of TST. I had put "...of and changed it to "Of. Charlie wasn't really finishing a sentence but starting a new one. Tried to leave the sample on a cliffhanger.

Today's joke is:

What kind of animal falls from the sky?

A rain deer.

'London'

Today I changed the cover over for The Sun Thief on Wattpad. Haven't changed the one on my blog yet though. Found out that York may in fact be named after a British King who Caesar captured called Ebracum. Also bought the 'London' board game from a charity shop for £1! (Need to coax my family into playing it with me.)

I am missing Sid and Arthur, I think I will have to continue their steampunk adventure some time. I have also thought about submitting a short story to the Forbidden Planet online ezine advertised on Wattpad. It needs to have not been published anywhere else though :(

Today's joke is:

Why did little Bo Peep lose her sheep?

She had a crook with her!

More Memory Techniques.

Seeing as my blog seemed to be so successful yesterday I have decided to explain the picture link method of memory to you. This should be good with shopping lists etc.

I will write a random list of 10 things.
Dog
Bike
Bench
Hat
Eggs
House
Telephone
Bee
Chair
Pipe

Now then, LOOK AWAY! (You haven't looked away yet, good, because I wanted to tell you to try to remember the list when you have looked away! After you try to remember you can look back.)

How many did you get right?

Now to the method. You need to make a picture in your mind about the first thing on the list, then make this interact with the next item with another picture. So see a dog on a bicycle. Next link the dog to a bench. See the dog riding the bicycle and crashing into a bench. Then see the bench breaking up and reforming into a top hat. On top of the top hat you see some eggs in a nest. The eggs fall off of the nest and crash onto the roof of the house. A giant picks up a telephone receiver off the top of the house. As he is speaking into the mouthpiece a bee stings him on the lips. He swats the bee and it falls, dead, onto a chair. A man sits on the bee, in the chair and smokes a very big pipe.

Now try saying the list again, remembering the pictures.

I bet you got all of them right this time.

One added piece of advice, if you make the pictures in your mind unusual, mildly violent or over big or small then they are easier to remember!

Today's joke is:

What is the saddest creature in the sea?

A blue whale!

Memory techniques

Soooooooooo.... Did some memory techniques to memorise a script I am learning. Used the peg method (I think I first started learning it when I was 13!!!) with the picture method. When I showed the picture link method to a friend, with a list of 10 things, and did it she called me a cheat! (I wonder if Harry Lorayne was ever called a cheat?) Brain feels like I've had a work out. Needed lots of naps to recuperate. I couldn't find my copy of 'How to Develop a Super Powered Memory' so looked at the one for FREE on the internet.

I have just reTweeted those who have reTweeted me and put the next part of TST on Wattpad. Nearly at 1,000 reads already! Caught one spelling error, I spelled Charlie with a small c.

Today's joke is:

How do you catch a gorilla?

Climb a tree and make a noise like a banana!

Steampunk Joke!!!

Today I worked all day on the new cover for TST. I Made up the gun and painted the handle so that it looked wooden (and possibly leather). I made a widget to go inside it so that the barrels would not fall out. I made one steampunk goggle and fitted a piece of perspex into it from an old cut up CD case. I used the other silver goggle with a piece of the CD case that didn't work out too well for the other side. Sellotaped them together. Cut a slot in the gold one and threaded some elastic through. Positioned the silver one at the back. Drew a rough, then an ink picture, in the sketch book my Mother-in-law bought me from the Lake district, it was of the world transporter machine. Set everything up, had to use my T shirt as part of the background. The picture looked really good, but there is a problem. Just over half of my friends on Facebook like the temporary cover!!! I was going to use that one for the release of the Victorian Adventure Society short story I was going to publish. What to do?

Today's steampunk joke is:

What's the difference between Victorian science fiction and Steampunk?

One's history that might have been the other hisses and makes a din!

reTweet

Did nothing today apart from reTweet those who had reTweeted me and put the second part of TST on Wattpad. I think I put it on too early for I have dropped down the SciFi listing, I was at #69 yesterday now I'm at #500ish! I do have a lot of reads though.

Today's joke is:

What is Australia's most popular video game?

Mortal Wombat!

Temporary cover

Today I did a temporary cover for The Sun Thief and took ages trying to get the lettering right. It still looks dodgy but I'll work on it before I put it on Amazon. (Used the old picture from Victorian Adventure for now.) Put the first part of TST on Wattpad and have about 70 reads already. I decided to put it under the genres of Science Fiction and Teen fiction because The Infinity Bridge and Steampunk Detective were.

I did think about putting a sample on here but have decided against it, I would rather have more people read it on Wattpad.

Today's joke is:

What kind of bird is always making fun of people?

A mockingbird!