2009 and all that

Hello and Happy New Year to those of you who, no doubt, still drop by occasionally hoping to see new stuff.

Here's the good news: there is new stuff coming.

Here's the bad: I've got no idea when it might turn up.

Due to a combination of factors, mostly personal, I haven't had many solid periods of writing since last August or so. I'm trying to get back into it.

Ideas are not the issue (in fact, extracting those ideas into one, coherent plot is often the issue) so don't worry about that. It's just the usual stuff: time and effort.

I took a look back at 2008's resolutions which I wrote about just over a year ago (neatly summarised as 'Finish more stuff') and it made me smile, wryly. Naturally, stating that I would finish more stuff ensured I didn't.

Maybe I should try some reverse psychology on myself: don't write.

Let's see how that one works out...