Well it’s that time of year again when the digit changes. Templates and folders have to be changed and created, and if your very lucky you might even get a kiss tonight. Not me though I’ll either be cosily wrapped up in bed or watching House of Cards at midnight. It’s difficult to know which is best, I love my bed.
We’re getting ever closer to that dreaded year 2020. The year Earth would be an environmental wasteland on all the dystonian science fiction films I watched when I was young. In fairness it appears they were rather pessimistic but there is still a whole year left. All it would take after all is for Putin to get an itch to try out some of his cool new nuclear weapons systems. In fairness they are impressive, if they do what’s writtèn on the tin.
It’s been quite a good year for me, bit of a disaster for everyone else. Brexit should come to the fore pretty quickly. To be honest it’s only dawning on me that they were actually serious about shooting themselves in the foot.
Then there’s Trump in the US. At least I’m not American.
On a positive note I completed my novel “Paradigm” during the year. My readers should check it out on Amazon if you haven’t already read it. Getting great feedback from those who have.
I’m already 6,500 words into my latest novel. Reckon this one will be long so reckon that’s about seven percent done. Plenty of sex and violence so far but then again it is about a serial killer. Hopefully it will be finished within the year but that will be a tough do with the day job and all. Maybe some day I’ll make enough from writing to concentate on it totally. That would be great but a very long way off for now.
I read an article during the week from an English professor who said to be a great writer you should be reading fifty books a year but at least 25. Unfortunately I’d never have the time, especially with my vodka and tv habits. But I wonder how right he was. You can’t have much inspiration from your day to day life if your head is stuck in a book all day to write much. But I will try to read more. It’s definitely good for the vocabulary, grammar and lots of other things I guess. Even read a bit of Ulysses yesterday.
On a sad note my chess rating deteriorated over the holidays. That wasn’t the plan. But at least I’ve brought the open game (d2-d4) into my repertoire.
Hopefully I’ll be writing a few short stories on here soon as well as keeping you updated on my thoughts.
Happy New Year to all my readers!
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