Crabs' Harvest

Just completed my Night of the Crabs Shell Island pilgrimage write-up. Next week, I will finish my Crabs horror story. And in the final few days of February, I'll finalise my latest Lego crab book mock ups. The deadline of February 28 for content of the next Guy N Smith fan book is now looming...

Your Truly...

This week I will be mostly working on my Shell Island write-up for GNS3...

Crab Harvest

Enjoing the attic rocking chair as I sort out the final edit of my GNS fanfic story - Crab Harvest:

Crabs

I have been scribbling again as the deadline for both my crabs horror story and Shell Island writeup is the end of the month.

Cruel Crustacean Cutoff Curtailed

 I have delayed the deadline for GNS3 content to January 2026. Christmas deadlines are cruel.

Cracking On With Crabs

Working After Work

 

Amongst the Crabs Again

I managed to pull myself together this evening, deciding to crack on with my Guy N Smith ghost story for next year's zine:

Crabs: The Human Sacrifice

This was harder to recreate than I had anticipated:

Low

Off work as I struggle with the latest flare-up. Everything work-wise is an intermittable struggle these days and I need to take my mind, as well as my body, away from the place for a while to heal.

As usual at such times, the cosy gaming offered by Animal Crossing has proved successful in taking my my mind off my troubles, ans I even did a bit of writing in the evening for next year's Guy N Smith zine, GNS3..

Flare

Been a rough final week of October. The end of summer has now really hit home and I have been off work for the past week with the worst skin flare up I've had since starting on my biologic injections. 

I have fallen way behind on my projects, what with the Sept/Oct walking challenge, and then my flare, but I am hoping that I still have time to pull everything together in the last 2 months of 2025

Work-wise, I am probably going to trigger an attendance warning, but it is what it is. I started 40/60 hybrid working at the start of the month, where I work from home every Tuesday and Thursday. I have applied to flip that to a 60/40 working pattern, where I work 3 days from home and 2 days in the office to help me better manage my various health conditions. This went down like a lead balloon in some quarters. I have been told I need to get both a GP and Consultant's letter to back up my application for a Reasonable Adjustment in my working pattern, but I still haven't heard back from my medical team since I emailed them. I had my Occupational Health interview with a doctor today though, and he told me he was going to back my application, and I am seeing my dermatologist tomorrow, so I can ask them face-to-face for a letter the morning. The only trouble with that is that she is not going to be my regular consultant , but I can't see why it will be too much of a problem. I will just have to see tomorrow. Again, it is what it is.

Lying awake at the moment, waiting to sleep, so I'll end this entry here, and get on with making a plan of action to get back on target with my New Year's target resolutions. 

Before I go though, whilst I have been too unwell to do much this past week, I have produced made an illustration for the Guy N Smith inspired ghost story, which is currently waiting for a second draft overhaul. It probably gives too much of the story away, but hey ho:

 

Satan's Snowdrop Legofied

Not perfect, but it's the best I could manage:

Ghostly Crabs

Just finished my first draft of my crabby ghost story. Sat down with pen and paper this afternoon to jot down a few lines and was suddenly carried away until the tale reached its conclusion!

Swansea Library

I took the opportunity to work on my ghostly giant crabs story for the next Guy N Smith fanzine down in the city library this evening. This will be my last ever visit to this location as the council are selling the building and the library is closing in a couple of day as it prepares to move into the city centre :(

Surely this is/was the beautifully located central library in the whole of the country?

I did a fair bit of crab research, as well as writing a several pages of the story itself as the sun sunk lower through the trees that line Swansea Bay:

An early evening very well spent :)

You Know Who

 Out for nightly walk this evening along Swansea Bay and happened to spit this intriguiging piece of art and immediately thought of you know who:

Touting...

Just 12 weeks left for everone to get their crab related content in for the next GNS zine. The less I receive, the more I will have to produce myself lol. Here I am, already busy on my crab ghost story:

Ghostly Crabs

I finally have the enthusiasm to start another writing project - a ghost story about... crabs!

GNS Day 99/100

My GNS book has been completed on Day 99 of my 100 day project. It will be available for purchase on August 1st. Time now to start work on my third book of 2024 - Tidal Gower, which will explore the many fascinating places to explore along Gower's tide line...

Fanzine Cover

My Guy N Smith fanzine is all but complete. :) All I need to do now is write the text for the book's back cover and send it to publication. It will be on sale on August 1st, 2024. I hope you will enjoy it.

Fanzine Contents

I have just five days left to complete my GNS Zine. Within that time, I am also moving house and having job interviews. Hopefully, I won't get too stressed out. In the meantime, here's a quick snippet for those interested to see the contents page of the upcoming fanzine. Click to see the full page: