Hello all

right...where to start.

I decided on two things today...re-evaluating is good.

First thing is to get all my uni work over and done with asap.... I'm cutting my plan by a week and hope i can squeeze everything in

Second, I'm going head long into a plan for a book...not a fiction one, but a sort of how to thing, part of a project for third year uni but going to get a massive head start.

Some things are better left unsaid but lets say this...From today I am putting my foot down. I don't want to be a writer...I am a writer!! So i should start writing...right?

For what it's worth, the sun is shining - almost blinding even through the windows and the birds are making the most of the singing weather, unfortunately I'm trapped in the shade. apart from the very pale skin - i am indoors desperately trying to kick myself to do some work. There is a short story called 'Prelude' sitting on my desk that NEEDS to be read today. If I don't read it today I cannot complete the essay and if i don't to do that I can kiss handing it in on time goodbye.

My concentration seems to have gone out the window with everything from the past week pounding away at me like a jack hammer in a Tom and Jerry cartoon. Deep cleansing breaths - that's what I tell everyone else. Deep cleansing breaths.

Another missed day, but then my friend has got me addicted to The Sims 2 :-)

We went to town as I finally decided to buy an external hard drive to mainly store Uni work and Writing on. 500GB for £50 - not bad considering im impatient and didn't shop around all that much, I did get my friend out the house and I did get the essential bread and milk at the same time so it was worth it.

The genre story is still sitting on file and apart from some line editing its still at its baby stage, gurgling and spitting and shitting everywhere like it cant control itself and I am sitting staring at it helpless. What to do...I cant even sleep...I have got juice and youtube.com on the go...I realise it is pathetic but sometimes its not worth forcing it.

Giving birth

I have finally given birth to the genre story, the first draft is written, that's the hard part right?

Now comes the editing which depending on your view can be the easiest or the most difficult bit to get through. I swapped my short story and genre story round on my priorities list partly because editing something I have is easier than coming up with something from scratch and I need to easier stuff to come at the end when my brain has used up all its power.

I have gone way over the work count, at least 20% so I need to cut back some but at the same time add some spice to the story I have....any thoughts? I think I have a 10% margin when I had in so that might come in useful but if I really need to practice staying within word limits, its one of my worst faults in the actual production stages.

OK OK I know I missed yesterday but then I was still very tired from the birthday celebrations Thursday night and I went out again last night. This time with another friend and it turned out to be quite a night. Plenty of smiles and hugs and weird dancing when there has been a little too much alcohol ingested. Not to worry its hardly a regular occurrence.

Apart from that all is well, My best friend has come to stay for a few days from Scotland so I get to chill out with her for a while. I realise that should be doing my uni work but I am on target so there's no harm in taking a 48 hour break.

The weather is the same old English weather, the spring/summer sun has not quite reached us yet, we get spurts of it but then the clouds steal it away again. ]

More soon but for now I think I need more sleep x