Pledging my Time

Regular readers of this blog - I giggle slightly as I write that phrase - might well have realised that there has been more than a slight delay in the appearance of this latest entry. Full of enthusiasm, drive and countless work-free hours, the first 9 entries bombed along at a relentless pace, suggesting at one stage that this would become a daily blog to rival Mark Waton's 10-year commitment. Unfortunately, the dream died early and before I knew it the blog became one of those things that, like the Lego kit you got for Christmas when you were 6, you take one look at every now and again but soon find yourself drifting mercilessly towards the shiny moving images on the nearest screen, remembering the well-known truth that it is far easier to be entertained than to entertain. Still, there is more than a chance that someone out there is waiting for the latest entry ('hi Mum!') and so I am pledging renewed efforts to at least offer an occasional glimpse into my disturbingly congested world.

The novel - the 'real' writing as opposed to this 'fake' writing (see blog entry number 8) - is coming along nicely and hopes to be with you shortly, hopefully not as a permanent replacement for the blog but perhaps as a consistent presence, an old friend to turn to while you're waiting for words to appear on the screen. The plan is to enlist my enormous internet following in some sort of publicity crusade so that publishers and book sellers across the country feel they have little choice but to ensure that people start uttering phrases such as 'Harry who?' and 'Da Vinci...didn't he write a code or something like that?'. 

In the latest section (Spoiler alert!), a character has just been faced with the prospect of losing valuable items in his wallet and finds himself despairing over the fact that he will no longer be able to use the 50p voucher off the cost of a box of Organic Tea and will need to fill in another form to get a replacement library card. As you can see, he is concerned about the important things and, like all of us, has a wallet full of items that fit into the 'you never know' category. This may not be the most inspiring 'get involved' plea you've ever heard, but to get the ball rolling again with the whole 'leaving comments' thing that I'm hoping one day might take off, why don't you post a comment letting us know the oddest/oldest item you've got in your wallet. And, while you're at it, we've now reached the magic number 10 in terms of blog entries and so if anyone fancies a stab at naming the artist behind each of the 10 tracks used as my titles so far then please do. Special 'prizes' available to the best entries...