The Longlist: Part 1

There's my notebook. It's nearly fifty years old - so it's high time it was used. You'll see behind it part of the first draft of the longlist, written very small on scrap paper. You needn't go to the trouble of deciphering my handwriting, though; I'll type it out.

This is the first of what will probably be a total of five posts of the longlist; I'm breaking it down so as not to get list fatigue. What I'd love, if you've got the time and the inclination, would be comments on this and the following four posts. I'd like you to tell me things like this: 'you need a license to do that'; 'I have done this - ask me more'; 'this is a really useful book/site/group if you're seriously thinking about doing that'; 'this will take you a very long time'; 'that is a stupid idea'.

Ask me about what I've written. Ask me, 'what experience do you have in this area already?'; 'what is this concept?'; 'do you honestly have the time/money to do this?' - I may not answer immediately, but you can trust me: I'll think about it. Hard. And, perhaps most importantly, ask me, 'why do you want to do that?' Because if I can't answer that one, it's not something that needs to be on my list.

( Without further ado )

Some of these I have had my heart set on for years. Some of them I added on a whim because I thought they looked quite fun. I'm not going to tell you which is which, so you are free to assume the same basic level of motivation for all of them.

Thank you for your help :-)