robertcday
Basic
So, I was getting spots in my ears and this puzzled me because I wash my ears thoroughly in the shower each morning; inside and out. But still, I had these little sore spots: like the kind of things that teenagers get on their face except that they were not on my face. And I'm no teen.
I pondered and watched and washed and dabbed on the antiseptic cream and I watched and pondered a little more and then, finally, I got it. I figured it out. The mystery of the spots was solved. Yay!
I wear earbuds to listen to sounds on my phone. They are black and rubbery and fit nicely into my ears. They seal me into my personal sonic universe. In between my sonic adventures they live in my rucksack with the various other minutia of my life: sandwiches, bananas, pens, books, salt sachets; that sort of thing. Normal stuff.
In the dark corners of my bag, sandwich bred with pen and begat crumbs which bred with bacteria and begat mould which bred with my earphones and begat (drum-roll) sore ears! You get the picture?
Then I met Del Winterbottom. His main business is selling Bluetooth earbuds from a rolling stall in the centre of York, UK (where I live). They are white and come in their own little carrying case, which doubles as a charger. And they are fab! I can hang out the washing, dance around the kitchen, run up 'n' down the stairs and do a thousand and three other things without getting entangled in cords; without having to find a place to balance my phone; and without getting spots in my ears. Such joy!
Wait, there's more.
Del Winterbottom also writes books. He self-published a three-volume epic-fantasy series called The Rulers Above. His Goodreads page is (was) a mess. It's better now because I tidied it up. I'm a librarian there so I can do that. Thing is, though, there's no photograph. I know what he looks like so I went searching on the internet for a picture to pop into place. I didn't find one, but I did find various references to something called Pop-up Submissions; perhaps you're familiar with this?
So, to cut a long story short (yeah, I know - too late) I watched the video (part of which featured Del and the third volume of his series), fell in (brotherly) love with AgentPete, subscribed to the YouTube channel, signed up to Litopia and was told that I need to screw up the courage to write an intro to me on this forum. So I did.
Hi.
I'm just about to finish an MA in Creative Writing. I've just written a novel. I write short stories on post them on my blog. I'm 55 years young. And ... that's it for now. Ask me questions and you shall receive answers. Tell me to be brief and I'll do that too.
Hope you're having a wonderful day and that this is the start of something wonderful. Looking forward to working with y'all.
Right, I'm off now to explore the rest of this site. And to put a photo on my profile (I never did find one of Del).
Robert.
I pondered and watched and washed and dabbed on the antiseptic cream and I watched and pondered a little more and then, finally, I got it. I figured it out. The mystery of the spots was solved. Yay!
I wear earbuds to listen to sounds on my phone. They are black and rubbery and fit nicely into my ears. They seal me into my personal sonic universe. In between my sonic adventures they live in my rucksack with the various other minutia of my life: sandwiches, bananas, pens, books, salt sachets; that sort of thing. Normal stuff.
In the dark corners of my bag, sandwich bred with pen and begat crumbs which bred with bacteria and begat mould which bred with my earphones and begat (drum-roll) sore ears! You get the picture?
Then I met Del Winterbottom. His main business is selling Bluetooth earbuds from a rolling stall in the centre of York, UK (where I live). They are white and come in their own little carrying case, which doubles as a charger. And they are fab! I can hang out the washing, dance around the kitchen, run up 'n' down the stairs and do a thousand and three other things without getting entangled in cords; without having to find a place to balance my phone; and without getting spots in my ears. Such joy!
Wait, there's more.
Del Winterbottom also writes books. He self-published a three-volume epic-fantasy series called The Rulers Above. His Goodreads page is (was) a mess. It's better now because I tidied it up. I'm a librarian there so I can do that. Thing is, though, there's no photograph. I know what he looks like so I went searching on the internet for a picture to pop into place. I didn't find one, but I did find various references to something called Pop-up Submissions; perhaps you're familiar with this?
So, to cut a long story short (yeah, I know - too late) I watched the video (part of which featured Del and the third volume of his series), fell in (brotherly) love with AgentPete, subscribed to the YouTube channel, signed up to Litopia and was told that I need to screw up the courage to write an intro to me on this forum. So I did.
Hi.

I'm just about to finish an MA in Creative Writing. I've just written a novel. I write short stories on post them on my blog. I'm 55 years young. And ... that's it for now. Ask me questions and you shall receive answers. Tell me to be brief and I'll do that too.
Hope you're having a wonderful day and that this is the start of something wonderful. Looking forward to working with y'all.
Right, I'm off now to explore the rest of this site. And to put a photo on my profile (I never did find one of Del).
Robert.