Looking at the
stats though not too many people have
seen it yet which is a tad worrying. I know it’s only been out for a couple of
weeks but I’m comparing it to previous works in the same initial phase. Obviously
much can be attributed to that aforementioned absence, but you could also
counteract that with things like not having as much media platforms to announce
the arrival of the earlier pieces. How much should one really worry about these
things at such an early stage in their career technically? People write for
different reasons, but I’m pretty sure having a captive audience is something
that everybody wants, even if they
won’t admit it openly. It’s that reassurance that what you’re doing is worth it
and the encouragement you get from it is invaluable. Forgive me if I seem a
little desperate; writers have active imaginations and paranoia forms a large
part of that! For me at least!
In terms of
writing I can tell you that this month I’ve officially started work on my epic
fantasy series! I’ve been gathering ideas and thinking about it heavily for a
long time, but I’ve finally had that breakthrough moment of inspiration, that
one ‘big idea’ that allows me to start! You see, I’m not sure if that’s how it
works for other people, but for me I’ve been waiting for one key idea that
hopefully ‘qualifies’ as good enough to make the series worth writing. It’s all
very well having a multitude of plot points and good ideas, but I was waiting for the show stopper, the absolute
jaw dropper that would act as a green light! Of course it’s only my opinion.
There’s a good chance many of you won’t think it as big as I do, many people
might not even like it! But a good deal of writing comes from within and
seeking your own approval, and I
finally think I’ve found it! (I tell my brother everything about my writing,
and he was as excited about it as I am!) So I’ve officially started! It’s a
daunting prospect though, at the moment it’s roughly thirty books long! I’m not expecting it to stay that way, it’s
mainly grouped that way to isolate particular points. As I work more and more
on it things will be changing all the time, things will be dropped, merged... In
the future it’s going to be a constant back burner project that runs parallel
to other things, but right now it’s front of the queue as I ride this euphoric
wave!
In non writing
news I managed to finish the Bracknell Half Marathon in 1:51:29! One second
within my target time! For a while I was pretty down, thinking I’d missed out
by 53 seconds because I was going by the race time. After thinking about it
though the chip time is probably the important thing because everybody was
bunched up at the beginning and queuing to run over the blue strip that
activates it. The race time was probably calculated from the start time, and
there were a lot of people in that queue! On my way round I saw one of the
chips on the floor, so gutted for that person, they could have run a personal
best but there’d be no proof of it! My mate showed me the link to the official
photos taken by the photographer and it was pretty interesting to see the results.
One photo is of me about three miles in; good body posture, leaning forward into
the run, a determined (if puggish) look on my face. The second is about eleven
miles in... I have the face of a one-thousand year old man. My posture is
properly sunken and you can see I’m probably a little dehydrated with a desperate
‘kill me now’ plea to my eyes. In truth it’s a pretty fair reflection on my
race! I started off well for the first six miles, but I’ve had a few problems
with injury in training and, as anticipated, my leg gave way a bit. From the
eight mile point my entire being wanted to stop, but I found the will power
from somewhere to keep going (albeit slowly) and I didn’t stop once! And I
still managed to finish within my target time! Just imagine if I wasn’t
injured! I’d show you the difference between the two photos but I just can’t
afford luxuries like that at the moment and I didn’t want to post the stolen
print screen versions I’ve kept because I didn’t want to risk any infringements!
I shall leave you instead with a picture of me with my medal afterwards! Until
next time, buh-bye!
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