Yes, despite the promises, the excuses, the lies (oh the lies!), I haven’t posted as regularly as I once (often) promised myself.
I’ve been in the depths of creativity (which is not as well lit as you’d expect). As a result I’ve got a short story done, bar the shouting, screaming, wailing and crying – which is also known as editing. The fruits of my labour will appear in an anthology to be published February 2012 alongside esteemed names like Mel Teshco and Tracey O’Hara and Rhian Cahill.
I’ve also entered one of RWAus’s most prestigious awards – the Emerald. Now I need to write 60k by February on the off chance I get into the next round (which requires a full ms – of which I have, um 30k from 90k done). This not only illustrates how busy I shall be over the coming months, but also that I have a good grasp of basic mathematics. Which I’m rather chuffed about, as maths in general makes me break out in a rash and look around helplessly for a calculator or someone else to blame.
Because of upcoming events, I’m investing in Dragon Dictate. This has caused many a laughing comparison (not on my behalf I assure you) in our household to the children’s movie ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ as I will now have my own Dragon to train – i.e. recognising my speech patterns so I don’t end up with ‘He shitted nervously’ when I really meant ‘He shifted nervously’.
I shall leave you now – to slide silently and mysteriously back into the writing abyss. Yes, okay, it’s more like wallowing in a kiddies wading pool and throwing a tantrum after too many lollies. But you get the basic gist.
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