The December gloom

The long shelved novel I was writing is set around this time of year, I suppose I could go out and observe it.

I originally got the idea for the novel back in my college days, circa 1997. I originally set it during the aftermath of a wild party, with everyone recovering from hang overs, waking up in the mess, well you get the idea, I'm sure plenty of us have been to wild parties in our time, where we wake up and find a stranger asleep in the bath, beer cans everywhere, the bed would have several notches on it. and so on. The story was written in the aftermath of the groundbreaking TV serise This Life, which was about a bunch of 20 somethings living together
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My up dated version was resurrected during 2007, well just a brainwave, but I added lots to it, I based the main character on myself, a then happy go lucky chap who got done down in lots of things but always ended up smiling. I started writting again in 2008, as a way of coping with a relationship break up. The opening scene was set during a Christmas get together, with work colleagues, but the main character didnt really want to be their as he felt like a fish out of water. He just wanted a special person back in his life. However he gets a phone call which sends a shiver down his spine, and has an emotional effect. The story then goes back to 6 months previous to explain the events up to this Christmas gathering. I might get back to writing this next year. I have lots of other things to do first.

The other book I am working on is my life story, which I have mentioned in these blogs before. So plenty to be getting on with. I might take the camera out and record the night life, just to give me some ideas.

The website is coming on, and hopefully with the resurrection of the car, I will be mobile again. So there you go