Another year over

by Mr Uku on December 28, 2011 · 11 comments

A monkey writing about monkeysWhere on earth did all the time go?And more importantly, what the hell did I do? The answers to those questions seem to be eluding me for the present. In fact, 2011 seems to have been a total mystery and a potential waste of time.

The general act of writing became a general huff of disbelief in myself which finally culminated in my not completing, or even starting, NaNoWriMo this year. I got as far as the general concept for the story, but no further.

I also failed to complete any of the projects on my 2011 list. This was made more complicated by my constant changing of the jumpers I was using for goalposts. Far too many projects were added to an already long list and I left myself in such a state of confusion that I didn’t know where to start.

So, what have I learned and what will I do now?

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10 Random Facts

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It’s happened again. I’ve been challenged/tagged/pushed over, this time by that Rebecca Brown, to do one of those random fact things. As usual I am torn between hating the damn thing and doing it because I’ve not written anything on this site for ages. So, for the sake of filling a gap in my busy [...]

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