<p>At the start of the year I promised myself that I would be a good little boy and write every day. I started off well but in time gradually started slipping back into my old routine. I would turn my computer on, check my e;mails and then load up the Internet. I'd go to Empire move mag first - I'm a film buff - and check out all the latest news and trailers. Then I'd go to facebook, promising myself I'd only be on there for ten minutes. Fat chance! Then of course there is writelink, not third in my list of visits because it's my third favourite site, but because when I come on here I like to use my time properly. Before I knew it, ten minutes had turned into an hour, an hour had turned in to. . .well I'm sure understand.</p> <p>I realised that if I didn't do something about my time slips soon that I would be back to writing shed loads of crap in one day and doing no writing for the rest of the week. My writing would suffer although, some of you may think my writing has suffered enough, and I'd get fed up with the whole thing again.</p> <p>So I devised a cunning plan. I stole one of my wife's lap tops and made sure my wi-fi was turned off. Now, the only way I can use the Internet is if buggerlugs or any one of the three of four other fools in the neighbourhood - who seem to think it's safe not to put a password on their connection - are on line.</p> <p>The result - I now write every day (or most days at least) and it's great. I turn on my lap top knowing that I'm going on there to write and not get hooked on facebook and movie news or games sites. It helps with concentration and my mind doesn't feel as rusty, struggling to find words or string sentences together. I hope my writing is improving because of this - time will tell I hope - but above all, I'm enjoying it again.</p> <p>As for buggerlugs and his silly friends, I ignore them and resist the urge to use their connections to open up the Internet.</p>