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Is It Friday Again?

Posted on April 9, 2015 | 4 comments

And the answer is “no,” by the way, in case you’re reading this on a Friday.

This is one of my First World Problem problems: every day is Friday. Yesterday it felt like Friday, today feels like Friday, and tomorrow will feel like Friday. (On the plus side tomorrow is actually Friday so that’ll be good, unless it feels like Tuesday…) Basically, I now have more or less no structure to my life so all the days seem the same, and they seem to have settled on Friday. Could be worse; every day could be a Monday.

I’m hoping that this settles down as I get used to the idea that I’m self-employed and writing for a living. It isn’t like I’m treating this as an extended holiday; I am getting work done. But I can now do anything in any order (more or less) so it’s hard to decide what to do next. It’s like being in a sweet shop and being unable to decide what to buy because there’s too much choice. It’s also really hard to believe that it hasn’t even been two weeks yet. Time flies when all you have is Friday.

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The Great Adventure

Posted on March 28, 2015 | 4 comments

A little while ago I discovered that Google Play had a bunch of remastered Ultravox songs and several went in my playlist. One of those was “Love’s Great Adventure,” which I recall having a cool video. Anyway, this isn’t the start of a new relationship, but the ending of an old one, and it seems like a good time to finally start using this blog for the purpose it was intended.

Yesterday, March 27th 2015, was the last day of my computing career and the start of my career as a full time writer.

I am, obviously, a little worried that this won’t work out, but I am currently in the delightful position of being able to kick the day job into touch and go into writing as a primary career. It was with a bit of sadness that I walked out the door of the office for the last time; I’ve been there for 6 years and, while I’m not the most social person in the world, there are people there I would classify as friends, not colleagues. But, if nothing else, I have to at least try to make this work. I’m not much for following dreams, but this one seems like one worth following.

Striking out on my own will let me work on some side projects as well as my “main line” of books. I’ll have more time to write, as well as more time to pursue a few other things. This blog is here to be more of a personal journal, while the Steel and Thamatology blogs will remain to support the book lines.

Watch this space.

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