18th September 2014

Today I had a revelation. After posting in the blog yesterday, suddenly I feel much better. There is probably little correlation between the two except that my post here sparked an interest in my old posts. On my lunch break today I read through my posts from October and November 2008; I reminded myself what it was like to genuinely enjoy myself, enjoy writing. I also began to remember the joy in adding to this blog, just a little bit here and there, and watching it grow.

For me, this blog has been more of a constant than any other journal I have ever tried to keep. Yes, it is seasonal. And yes nobody reads it any more - but that doesn't matter. Why should it? It's like a little personal slice of the internet. It's my happy place.

It's also my ranty place. My writing place. My angry place. It's quiet and I like it.

So maybe I'll write in here more often.

Today I was helping my dad to move from his old office building to his new one. It's fabulous. The only catch? We're moving in, but the new building ISN'T FINISHED YET. Yup. There are no doors on the toilets, the carpet tiles aren't finished, and neither is the handrail on the bannister. There are no drawers or doors on the cupboards, either, and half the technology doesn't work. But tomorrow, we are moving our butts in there, come hell or high water.

So tonight I didn't finish work until gone 8pm. We ate dinner at the unit and then Dad dropped me off here. I've been hanging out on the internet ever since, catching up with a few things and feeling generally lazy. Especially since chances are I'll be working late again tomorrow.

All that packing of boxes did give me a little time to think about my new NaNo novel, though. I'm plotting and planning and it's all going quite nicely. Slowly, but nicely. I think I've got names for some characters. Maybe. I'm not settled. I'm pretty excited about this project though, and you should be too. =D

Anyhow, for now I think I'm going to go back to my Gaian pals, post a little and think some more about witches and autumn, and look forward to the walk to work tomorrow at the new unit - praying that it's a beautiful, crisp fall day. <3 br="">

Welcome Back!?

Hello again, Friends.

I have thought a long time about returning to this little corner of the internet, but until now I have been ashamed. I have a horrible habit of disappearing, and the internet seems to make that a little easier. But I think that it has been long enough now (two years already?) for me to return without feeling guilty.

Without feeling too guilty. Haha.

Anyway, since we're going towards that fabulous time of year again (AGAIN?!) I thought I'd give anybody out there who still reads this a little update:

Last year I graduated university. Since then I've been working as a sales assistant for a clothing company, and very recently I also started working for my dad's company as a marketing assistant. The two job thing is to help fund the Masters programme I'm starting in less than a week. It's down in London, two evenings a week, Novel Writing (Crime-Thriller). So, that will be my life very soon.

As you can see, then, things will be very hectic for me during November - but that's never stopped me completing NaNoWriMo before. Actually, it's usually a good thing. We'll see if that proves true this year as well.

So, what will I be working on this November? ... I'm not ready to tell you that. But it's crime fiction, and it's probably going to be spooky and witchy and a little bit gothic. Because, you know, it's the right time of year isn't it??

I've not got much else to say, other than I hope I can get back into the habit of updating this little thing, even if it is only seasonal. :)

45 days until NaNoWriMo 2014.