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I'm beginning to remove my original short stories from the web. In a little while, when I've written a few more, I'll publish them in an anthology. Or two or three.

I still haven't worked on my novel, but I did get ideas for two original stories. At first I thought I was going to be able to start writing right away, the same night. The night, after all, is my favorite time for writing.

But no such luck. Still, I have worked out most of the things that will go into the stories. Plot, characters etc. I guess I just have cold feet. After writing a couple of stories I've been happy with, I'm afraid of making a mess of these.

The same is true for my novel, but… Continue

Suddenly, I lost my inspiration to write. I think I can guess why. Lately I've had mood swings. Some nights, I almost cry. In between I feel perfectly ok. Oh, well. Blogging and writing fan fiction can wait. The real problem is that I still haven't been able to finish my novel, but nothing's really changed there, so that's a different problem.

Of course, in the meantime, I still have a couple of other finished books that I'll submit to a publisher. As long as I can stay cheerful and I'm doing m… Continue

Late last night, I finished an original story I'd been working on. Actually, I finished the translation so now it's in both languages. It turned out well, I think, but then I guess I'm partial. LOL

I finally caved and got Twitter. It remains to be seen if I'll have any use for it. Everyone else seems so worked up about it. I have to confess I still don't see the point, but well, I might warm to it, once I get the hang of it.