I have decided to go ahead and embrace history with both hands and join the world of blogging. This may or may not be a terrible idea.
My blog will be launching properly at the beginning of May, so stay tuned for thoughts on writing, reading and, inevitably, staying creative during the coronavirus lockdown. But mainly I'm here to find my own voice again after too long spent scrolling mindlessly through a relentless barrage of political social media posts and a dangerous addiction to Toffee Crisps.
I will try to be as honest as possible, and as sarcastic as little. I have a lot of thoughts on writing and the publishing industry but I am making it a rule, right now, to be as helpful and transparent as I can. As any writer will tell you, there will always be bumps in the road and I hope to find a way of sharing those bumps with you in a way that doesn't sound as though I'm pointing a critical finger or wallowing in the kind of 'why-me?' self pity that makes writers so much fun at social gatherings. But, as Groucho Marx said, 'These are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.'
To start things off, here are my top 5 tips for never completing a novel:
See you all soon. I promise never to use an exclamation mark in a title ever again.
Paul
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