IT LIVES!!... Part 2 (or The Mysterious Case of the Vanishing Writer of A-Street)

...Just who is this strange creature, this Swamp Thing that has emerged from the primordial goop of an infernally long blogging hiatus? Could it be...? 

It is -- Look at that: it's the dork who promised "more regular postings" as of the middle of last summer... and then proceeded to vanish in the wake of the nonsense of other obligations/obstacles/assorted-whatnot-of-ridiculousness.

Well, hi there!

What can I say? If you're reading this, then I hope you can forgive this ridiculous person for apparently jumping ship for almost 8 months. 

...Of course, if you've never read any of my stuff before now, you probably truly don't care how long this random writer/blogger person has apparently been away. In which case, I'll just say to you, "Welcome to my humble abode! Stick around a while, and put your feet up - I've spent months stewing in an overload of brain muck, and am back the more determined for it, with plenty of new material and a regular posting schedule to come. Pinky swear."

At any rate, I am happy to report several bright points of news, aside from gearing up to get back to both my "Writing Tips" and "A to Z Book Diary" threads, among other upcoming projects.

First: one month to go on my university degree - HUZZAH!!! I mean... ahem. I'm looking forward to being finished. Just a little.

Second: after I finish my degree, I'm moving back to my hometown and using all I've learned from school and my unpaid work as head of a literary journal in my current city to start up a literary journal with my big sister - so stay tuned for updates as we get things underway and open shop for submissions!

And third: I've recently passed the 55,000 word mark for my novel! One plus side, it seems, for having spent 8 months losing my mind a bit - immense stress and periodic insomnia made me more productive than I've ever been as a cheap way to cheer myself up in my free time :)

So, all my news aside, I want to pass along a mountain of gratitude for the folks that have sent along bits of encouragement along the way these past months, and to the people that have shown interest in this blog in the past, and interest in seeing it continue in the future. I'll be back to lurking around a few of the writers groups around here as well, so I look forward to reconnecting, and I'll leave you with a blurb I came across recently that left me grinning:

"I'm a writer. If I'm staring at you, I'm not being rude. I'm trying to decide if you need to go in a book. If you're a snot, I may be trying to decide how to kill you."

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