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I recently realised that I haven’t made any posts for a good long while. This is always the way of these things; after a gap, you feel the need to do something worth the wait, which only worsens the problem. New Year provides a useful occasion to carry on like nothing happened (or in this case, did happen).<\/p>\n

So, Twenty-Fifteen, eh? We meet at last.<\/p>\n

It’s shaping up to be a busy year. First up, in February I am pushing a new initiative I made up on the spot: Finish a Novel Feb. Specifically, I am looking to finish\u00a0Chronozone. NaNoWriMo is all well and good for creating loads of rough, unfinished drafts but, well, it seems I can do that pretty well already. So come Feb, I will be committing to complete the draft of Chronozone Zero.<\/p>\n

It’s not an initiative that’s going to catch on or anything; hardly\u00a0a challenge worth a website for; but it will get me where I want to go.\u00a0Wish me luck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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