The Journey To A Published Novel

It's never easy to remain quiet. My mind might race. You can sneak up behind me and rummage through my endeavours. I'll change the password. I'll shield the screen. Two Factor authentication. You'll never infiltrate my dreams. The question is and remains what though have you achieved? Is a measurement of success a University Education? Is it a successful marriage? Curried goat and perfectly cooked rice? Is it 150 pages or 116637 words? Consider it again, what have you achieved?   What though have you achieved? Locked away from the world. Locked in a vacancy. John Hughes always says everything so much better than I ever could. What though is it that you've achieved? A lasting legacy . A family secret recipe . Focus on the task.  Concentrate on the carton. For only if it's orange juice. Extra Pulp Extra Pulp, pulp fiction... read all about it. So, I've had time to complete the first draft. I'm on to the second. Edi

William's Wish Wellingtons. It's been a while. The last update being back in February. A lot has happened since then. I have now changed jobs. I start very soon. It's a similar role just within a whole new company and not as far to travel. So, I hope that remains a positive. I am grateful for the opportunity, so we shall see. I guess my lack of update has been a conscious decision. I found that I was updating this blog and Instagram far more than I was writing and editing the book. It became a big distraction. I am the last to claim that I am a professional but I have to work at this passion and by ending my affiliation with social media for a period of time did help me focus on what I was trying to achieve. Which I believe can only be a good thing. I don't want to be a pretender. I hope you understand just how much of a choice I don't have in this. It will happen! I have managed to finish or..... complete - is perhaps a better word; the 1st draft of the nove