What Have I Been Up To?

Greetings to all, friend, foe and non-human changeling alike!

It's been a long while since I have typed words on these hallowed pages and the simple reason is that I have been a busy boy (contrary to popular belief). Most, if not all of you are now undoubtedly screaming/internally voicing the words: "What the ruddy hell have you been up to?" and I say to you: "Fear not! Answers will be given in the dueness of course."

So with our little bit of dialog out of the way, let's crack on with the meat of the dish, shall we?

I have been writing!

This is true. I have near enough completed my MA in Creative Writing and a large chunk of my time in the past year has been taken up in writing little ditties and short stories and of course, planning my first novel. I've expanded my horizons, read new things and written new things - heck, I've even written some poetry! I've enjoyed the hell out of it all and I'm happy to report that I've been selected to be included in London Metropolitan University's annual Creative Writing anthology in both the poetry and short story categories (baby steps, folks! baby steps!) I've also fulfilled a little dream and finally visited the USA, or more specifically, Chicago - city of dreams (Go Cubs!)

As the course draws to a close - I'm working on my dissertation - I have got more free time, but also, more importantly, I need to focus more on my writing in a personal sense which  means that I will be devoting much more time to posting on (and hopefully expanding) this here blog/site/thing of mine. I've yet to decide whether it's feasible to put some samples of my creative work on here, I'd like to but it may make the pieces "less meaningful" from a "publishing" standpoint...or something along those lines. I'd also like to take the opportunity to write some more "blog" like posts on here rather than just random things from the darker reaches of my brain, so...yeah...more of that.

In short: I WILL BE WRITING MORE STUFF HERE.

What else will I be doing?

A good question, well thought of and brilliantly asked! I will be working, you know...to pay those bills and I will be indulging in a lot of gaming, which is my wont...and I will be continuing my endless search for the perfect jam roly poly. A search which has taken me across the galaxy and through several alternate dimensions so far and it is something which I thoroughly reccomend to anyone and everyone out there (unless you have an allergy to custard, in which case - you have my sympathies).

What I need you to do is to keep on reading, maybe comment, maybe pass things along...you know how it is...a guy's gotta get read!

Keep watching those stars! And many other slightly uplifting closing messages,

Tom

(P.S. This is probably how you reacted to this news. Or at least in a similar fashion...Don't lie!)