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The writing is going slower than I had hoped for the *new novel*. It’s time to face up to reality: I am in a writing rut. I think I’m one of those people who functions better when there is a real deadline in place. If I had a book contract I’m convinced I would be able to write a book no problem because, well, I’d have to wouldn’t I? If only it were as easy as going to a publisher and telling them that you will write a book as long as they tell you to do it. If only.

The problem with the *new novel* (I’m calling it that because at time of writing it’s still pretty hard to think that it isn’t just me dodging finishing the first novel) is that I don’t know enough about where it’s heading yet. I was able to write the first novel with a pretty clear idea of where everything was heading, which made it easy to connect the dots along the way. This time though I don’t really know where it’s going to end up other than having a couple of ideas in mind for things that might happen. It’s like the idea is still a while away from being ripe. But there are the beginnings of several interesting characters so maybe in time the whole thing will come together.

In other news I am off work for the next two weeks. I realised that since I started working at my job over two years ago, I haven’t ever taken two consecutive weeks off. That’s just sad. So I’ve fixed that. It’s my birthday on Wednesday and we’re going to Ireland next week to see my newly born nephew. Should be fun.

In more other news, if you’re a geek like I am then you might like the following links:

The Guild
Pure Pwnage
Awesome Video Games