by Kai | Apr 30, 2011 | and more
We now have our OWN Facebook Page. Like us at Bi-polarbears!
One of the few things that tends to inspire a lot of smiles in our house is success stories – especially if those success stories are writers or other artists that live with bipolar. As many of you know, I’m at Uni right now – and I graduate (finally) with what I hope to be a 2:1. Also of note is the fact that Glass Block, my first novel, is finally coming out in the next few weeks.
One of the things that I’ve learned is that if you don’t fight for your dreams, you won’t get them. Often I’ve been told, especially by people that I thought would support me, that I should just surrender to the inevitable – allow them to hospitalise me, and stop writing. I’ve refused on several notable occassions, though I try not to dwell too much.
I’d love to encourage anyone that’s thinking of chasing anything to do so – our dreams are what powers our happiness after all. There are scams out there, but if you’re careful and listen to your freinds and family, they’ll probably help you to protect yourself.
And without further ado, I thought I’d show off Glass Block and let you know where you can ‘fan’ me on Facebook, if it’s your cup of tea.
Glass Block
When Big Brother fell out of popularity in the early part of the 21st century it wa
s replaced with ever more ‘realistic’ reality TV shows, till the need for this was replaced with a need for fantasy. In an attempt to resurrect the old format some die hard fans filmed themselves locked in with a recently released murderer. The person to get out got the money from the stream sales at the end. Needless to say they were slaughtered.
Word of this spread on the internet and a ‘sanctioned’ version by the UCPS (United coalition of Prison Services) was established. Brought in from Darkness, one of the cities providing most of the prisoners, most of which he’d been responsible for collaring, Elliot Peters is forced into a nightmare world where the walls are made of glass and people vote as to whether you survive.
You can see more details and sign up for the mailing list at Glass [email protected], or ‘fan’ me on D Kai Wilson-Viola’s Facebook page.
When Big Brother fell out of popularity in the early part of the 21st century it was replaced with ever more ‘realistic’ reality TV shows, till the need for this was replaced with a need for fantasy. In an attempt to resurrect the old format some die hard fans filmed themselves locked in with a recently released murderer. The person to get out got the money from the stream sales at the end. Needless to say they were slaughtered.
Word of this spread on the internet and a ‘sanctioned’ version by the UCPS (United coalition of Prison Services) was established. Brought in from Darkness, one of the cities providing most of the prisoners, most of which he’d been responsible for collaring, Elliot Peters is forced into a nightmare world where the walls are made of glass and people vote as to whether you survive.
Kai is a writer, author and avid reader. A mental health advocate, Ludosport athlete and coder. She’s the mother of two young adults, owned by two cats, and lives with her beloved in the Cotswolds.
by Kai | Apr 28, 2011 | News, Announcements, content, Language, Personality, Writing, Books, Publication notices
One of the major areas I’m looking at right now, while increasing my ‘discipline’ and butt in seat stickivity for my writing is to look at my release schedules.
So, when I’ve got Glass Block out the gates, I’ve got several choices – Near Earth, Black Monday or another book, I’m not sure whether I’ll move forward with one of several books, or if I’ll take the time to build up my copywriting business, or do something else. All I do know is the next few weeks and months are going to be jam packed, and I hope that they’ll be good for my carreer.
One of the major things I’m learning right now though is that I can’t underestimate anything – if anything, I need to build in space and delays, just to make sure I get through it all – with dissertations and other projects in the way, I’m well aware that just about anything could go wrong between now and June 4th – it’s a good lesson for writers though – as I’m restructuring (again) to ensure that I have time to work on the things that interest me most, I’m also aware that there’s no way in this WORLD that I have the time to do everything I want to. Not right now anyway – it might be possible later once the books start actually doing well……
And that’s where you, my dearest of dear readers come in. Please (please please please!) come on over and check out Darkness PD and fan me on Facebook – D Kai WilsonViola
Thanks!
Kai is a writer, author and avid reader. A mental health advocate, Ludosport athlete and coder. She’s the mother of two young adults, owned by two cats, and lives with her beloved in the Cotswolds.
by Kai | Apr 26, 2011 | Language, Personality, Hosting and Tech, Writing, Books
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I find posts like this difficult to write. After all, I am basically saying ‘I am not available’ – which is entirely true, but makes me feel just a bit twitchy. I pride myself in being available to anyone when they need me, but let’s be honest, this place rarely gets updated right now, I’ve got a resit for my psych exam and a hand in and a dissertation hand in to deal with, my book is due out on the 4th of June and is requiring what is probably going to be a major rewrite, and most of all, I’m a mother and fiancée, and queen of a happy little world that requires more attention than bears thinking about sometimes.
Coming back from our trip, I realized that I had to start applying more discipline than I have been lately. Which means coming off Facebook almost entirely for the next month, save promotions – actually writing blog posts instead of procrastinating and generally getting about 20k of writing done (or equivalent editing) a week. It’s all doable, easily, but it means taking a couple of massive steps back.
I’ve already curtailed my Livejournal stuff once and for all (as in, I’m not even logging in to comment any more) but it goes without saying that I’m tired of chasing my tail. So, I’m going to wait for everything to loop round and grab it on the way past.
The rest of this week is quite handily being filled by drafting some new chapters for GB as I remove some of the stuff that slowed the story somewhat, and add some stuff in that needs to be explained, and then see where that gets me. But discipline is something I’ve never been good at, so I’ll need to see how things go.
That’s not to say I won’t be around, but I am trying to teach myself that, like email, Facebook doesn’t need to be constantly open. Same with Skype and chat and all of the other niggles I keep running all day – it’s nice to be in touch, but I’m keen to start trying it on my terms again. And now, with the changes that have come up, I’m free to actually *write* and so, write I shall.
See y’all on the flip side!
Kai is a writer, author and avid reader. A mental health advocate, Ludosport athlete and coder. She’s the mother of two young adults, owned by two cats, and lives with her beloved in the Cotswolds.
by Kai | Apr 14, 2011 | News, Announcements, Free for all, Writing
For the last four years, I’ve been studying Creative Writing. And I honestly never thought, when I started, that my life would have turned out quite the way it has. I’m so proud of how far I’ve come in those four years.
There’s a but coming.
My last two hand ins are due – one 3000 word assignment and relevant references in the next week, and then, my dissertation on the 30th June. These last two are probably the hardest I’ve done – a transgressive piece about time travel and sleeping with said time traveller, and my dissertation, right now is a second person exploration of slavery and having no control over a body because the protagonist is paralysed. It’s called ‘Doll’ and is taking a lot of work to get finished. On the bright side, there’s every possibility I’ll graduate with a 2:1 and my company is looking really quite good right now. After the last few years I’ve settled into solid high 60 marks, which makes my degree mostly made up of B’s. If my psychology wasn’t quite as weak, I might have managed to pull it up, but unfortunately, I think my psychology leaves me with very little room to get a First. I’m still proud of my possible 2:1 though.
So, if I’m extra quiet over the next few weeks, I can only apologise. I’ve also got Glass Block coming out at the end of next month, so it’s one of those times where my every waking moment is filled with work, writing, and more work. 🙂
Kai is a writer, author and avid reader. A mental health advocate, Ludosport athlete and coder. She’s the mother of two young adults, owned by two cats, and lives with her beloved in the Cotswolds.
by Kai | Apr 11, 2011 | News
I’ve been hip deep in dealing with hack compliance lately – it’s not my main job – my *main* job is writing books (the new one comes out June 4th!) but i’ts been what’s made up most of my time lately.
So, I thought to make it slightly easier to stop needing to hire me (counter intutive much? not really 
), that I’d give y’all coming over seeing as I was recommended from someone’s site (thanks Craig!), a couple of ways to ensure that you’re only grabbing someone like me when you’ve really worked through everything you can.
UPDATE!
One of the major issues I’m seeing right now is customised themes that were installed a year plus ago and need updated. It’s not a criticism, because people ten dto forget if somehting isn’t right in front of them (myself included) but it’s a good idea that every major wordpress update you have, that you at least search for your theme and see if it needs an update.
If you’re not sure of what to do, contact me.
Also, from the later versions of WordPress, plugins and core will update from internal one clicks. That means if you’re using the auto update plugin you should remove it now. It’s a possible hole.
Check your subdomains
Many people run subdomains and don’t look at them often – installing and running ‘webmaster tools’ on all of the sites will allow you to monitor problems and be warned, real time if there’s an issue with anything. And a visual check weekly should give you a chance to make sure everything looks perfect.
If all else fails…check dates
If something LOOKS fishy,log in via FTP – if there’s anything odd in there, look for the same dates in other stuff and focus on those files, though by that point you need to chat with an expert.
I’m always available to talk if you’re stuck, just contact me.
Kai is a writer, author and avid reader. A mental health advocate, Ludosport athlete and coder. She’s the mother of two young adults, owned by two cats, and lives with her beloved in the Cotswolds.
s replaced with ever more ‘realistic’ reality TV shows, till the need for this was replaced with a need for fantasy. In an attempt to resurrect the old format some die hard fans filmed themselves locked in with a recently released murderer. The person to get out got the money from the stream sales at the end. Needless to say they were slaughtered.
That sounds like so much fun! I love games, especially RPG. Haven't played with a group in a few years.…