Robert Lynch
The Dark Playground
The ‘dark playground’ is a term used to describe the behaviour of procrastinators. Instead of doing the task, they do some instant...
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Robert Lynch
- Nov 23, 2022
- 3 min
Review – Rings of Power
Rings of Power may be the worst example of an adaptation ever recorded on film. There are many reasons why a story may need to change...
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Robert Lynch
- Nov 21, 2022
- 2 min
Everything takes longer than I'd like
I'm writing a story called 'The Case of the Girl in the Box' as a free piece when people sign up to my email list. The story was supposed...
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Robert Lynch
- Aug 10, 2022
- 2 min
Deadline
By the 1st of September, I want to have The Case of the Girl in the Box finished. I’ve been working on this short story for a long while....
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Robert Lynch
- Jul 26, 2022
- 2 min
The 4th Shot
Last week I got the 4th Covid shot. The 2nd jab has been the worst for me; I felt rubbish for over a week. However, this one didn’t...
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Robert Lynch
- Jul 11, 2022
- 2 min
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Last week I talked about my new schedule. The schedule lasted only one day. Part of my schedule includes a new fitness regime, for...
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Robert Lynch
- Jul 4, 2022
- 2 min
Work Uniforms
I’ve been thinking a lot about work uniforms. Well, the whole process of getting ready for work. For minimum wage Crappy Night Job, I get...
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Robert Lynch
- Jan 25, 2022
- 2 min
2022
I’ve been lax in updating things on the website over the last couple of months. The biggest reason is I let the pandemic news into my...
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Robert Lynch
- Oct 11, 2021
- 2 min
Flexibility
I made a roster for the week in my last post, outside of the shifts I have at crappy night job. While a demoralising experience in many...
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Robert Lynch
- Sep 22, 2021
- 3 min
Review – Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Ryland Grace wakes up on a spaceship with no memory, next to two dead people. He is on a mission to save the human race, if only he can...
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Robert Lynch
- Sep 20, 2021
- 3 min
Reset
For the last couple of months, I have been struggling to find any balance. Crappy night job hasn’t been very stable, and I haven’t been...
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Robert Lynch
- Jul 27, 2021
- 4 min
The Lucky Country
In 1964, Donald Horne published a book called The Lucky Country. The book was a commentary of Australia's political and sociological...
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Robert Lynch
- Jul 13, 2021
- 7 min
Motivation
What motives people? How do they stay motivated? I've been thinking a lot about this lately. Creating a writing career, or for that...
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Robert Lynch
- May 24, 2021
- 5 min
Whoop-de-doo
The last few weeks have not gone to plan. I hurt my back and got a chest cold (just a regular cold, not anything serious). Now my back...
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Robert Lynch
- Apr 19, 2021
- 3 min
The Pomodoro Method
One of the things I learned at Uni was the Pomodoro Method. The idea is that regular short breaks help keep you at optimal productivity....
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Robert Lynch
- Apr 14, 2021
- 4 min
Review – Star Trek S01E22 Space Seed
Space Seed is the story that introduces Khan Noonien Singh. The Enterprise finds a pre-warp human ship adrift and goes aboard to discover...
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Robert Lynch
- Apr 13, 2021
- 3 min
Passion
The transition back to working three days and writing two days per week has been about as rocky as I expected. I am not good at change,...
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Robert Lynch
- Mar 31, 2021
- 4 min
Review – Zach Snyder’s Justice League
Justice League was released in 2017. The movie had a bunch of behind the scenes problems, which is all too common in Hollywood these...
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Robert Lynch
- Mar 29, 2021
- 3 min
Health
I’m officially working days! Crappy night job has become crappy day job. After two weeks off, where I got in a good slog of rest,...
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Robert Lynch
- Mar 11, 2021
- 2 min
Imperial Radch Trilogy – Review
Ancillary Justice, Ancillary Sword, and Ancillary Mercy make up the Imperial Radch trilogy by Ann Leckie, published in 2013-15. The...
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