Yes. I had to manage without the internet for over two weeks. It is strange how quickly the internet becomes a part of our lives and the funny catch-22 situations you get into. My brother stopped just short of saying 'I'll email myself a reminder.' When he couldn't just use online banking. Of course he couldn't email either.
So that's the reason for my recent lack of posts. I have however discovered that its good to get out of the house sometime. Over the course of that fortnight I went to the library and a cafe to work. This was good. It may sound strange but working in that kind of place is quite useful. There is something nice about having people around you even if you're not talking to them. Though, having said that, the library, which I naturally expected to be silent, could have done with being a little quieter.
So welcome back internet! All is up and running now and I can return to a topic I started weeks ago. I ended my last post by saying that in writing nothing is ever waisted. I'm working on a novel at the moment. Actually I've been working on it for a long time. So sometimes when I write I'm actually pasting old sections in from previous drafts. Sometimes the story has taken a new directions and so I end up with segments that don't really fit. This leads to the opportunity I spoke of in my last post. It is my hope that I can take some of those sections and turn them into short stories in their own right.
Like, I suspect, most people, I failed to keep my new year's resolution. I had said that I would submit a short story to a magazine every month. Well in February I failed. The good thing about this resolution is that I can retcon it to be 12 short stories over the year instead.
Yes that is a cheat I know. However reconing seems to have been a theme of film recently.So instead I will try 12 stories this year.
Fingers crossed some will be accepted.
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