i'm baa-aack

okay. you know how i said initially that this would be an anonymous blog? yeah well, stuff that. i've got nothing to hide, dammit! and apart from that, i like the idea of keeping two seperate blogs - one about my life in general, and this one, were i can bang on about writing stuff. like what i'm about to write here now anyway.

after a week of feeling guilty about not having actually done any proper writing, what happens today? i write and write and write, and i think i've answered some of the nagging character development iss-ewes that have been hanging around in my head for a while. i found a way to communicate something i was a little stressed about, but had no idea how to say. so now i feel closer than ever to the final, and i have a feeling i'll be sending a copy to the publishers a couple of weeks before deadline.

i should also let you know that since my last post, contract et al came through fine (albeit delayed, but fine all the same). so now it's all official. i still have to work out what i'm going to do next year - apart from uni and being part of the verandah 20 editorial panel, yay! - i want to actually try making a go at earning a regular income from writing. the thought of getting an agent specifically for this purpose has been put in my mind. while i am interested, i am also a little loath to go out there and court agents. but i guess if i don't do it, then who will? hmmm. maybe it's time to put on the shmooze-shoes and get networkin'.