No-one ever said writing was easy, 

or quick, or anything really, other than 

what it is: an exercise in dogged 
persistence. I have just got to the end 

of novel 1 (feel free to raise a cheer); it has 

taken 14 months, 7 months to finish draft 1, 

and (this surprised me) a further 7 months 

for redrafts and polishing. It's READY TO GO.

Part of the writer's displacement activity 
- to go to Robert Dyas and find out
what new gadgets they've got in.