Yeah, so been a while. It's all part of my hobby of intermittently neglecting my blog
*. Let's do a bit of a catch up, once again.
Okay so in the year or so since I last published a post, I've...not actually done much. That's astonishingly embarrassing to be honest.
I'll start with an update on my last foray into self-publishing. Fuckin' disaster. Absolutely, shamingly, crushingly failed. I think about eight of them sold, and those were to friends and family. When Amazon started hassling me for tax information
** I decided to not bother and they took it off sale. Kind of wish I hadn't bothered with it now.
Pfah to regrets, I say!
PFAH!!
Onto something a bit more positive: I started and finished another novel. My first sojourn into the world of full-length crime fiction, hopefully with a twist only I could give it
†. It's a story I've wanted to do for a long time and finally pinned down a plot I liked. It sits, awaiting a final edit to be submitted to...er...somewhere. I'm at a loss. We'll see what happens once I've gone through it. Suggestions would be gratefully accepted.
This brings me onto something even cooler – I was almost published. My ridiculous action novel got a bit of interest from a digital-only publisher, and received some good feedback, but they passed. At least I think they did
‡. Anyway this feedback was the best and most detailed I've ever had in tightening up a manuscript. I still don't have a fucking clue what I'm doing when I'm 'editing', but I
feel like I have I'm not an inept macaque with broken fingers. I was working on that manuscript...
...Until the most shameful thing happened. I got distracted. Irrevocably so – okay, not irrevocably, that's an exaggeration,
fiiiiiiine. Bloody addictive computer games
§. So yeah, from about July onwards is a bit neglected.
But now I'm back, for a wee while at least, and I'll have something to say about that in my next post. Isn't that exciting?
Ah fuck you, blank-eyed shits
§§.
* One thing I'm clearly very good at.
** Really should have read the terms and conditions. Lesson for you there, kids.
† Or even if it doesn't make you fall asleep and vomit at the same time, would be good.
‡ Last year, as you might have noticed, was a year of uncertainty in a few key areas.
§ I'm looking at you, Borderlands 2, you time-sucking bastard.
§§ Unless, y'know you offer some advice in the comments. G'wan! My gratitude is more valuable than...whatever.
Will
