Monday... I've had better days, and there's still 6 hours of it left. Was a time I'd have logged off at this point, to be seen no more till dawn's early light. Not any more though, instead of 'logging' off, I'm 'blogging' off and letting you feel the sharp edge of my tongue for a change.

On second thoughts, maybe not... I got called away, and now we're into Tuesday afternoon my mood has changed again. I've been following the progress of those doing the two year distance learning course for the MA and some of them are finding it hard to fit in all the time required, maybe doing the course 'on campus' was a wiser decision for me in ways I'd never suspected.

I'm feeling my age again today, even my grandson calls me 'Grumpy', though I think his mother encourages him in that, a matter for which she will pay dearly at some time in the future. But I'd got myself into a groove, well, rut would probably be a better word, and I need to dig myself out of it sharpish. I'm writing too slowly and too... damn, what's the word? Ordinary comes close, mediocre even closer and yet neither is quite what I'm trying to say. Crap would probably cover it, but I'm trying to cut down on the bad language, particularly when Evie Rosie is spending the day here.

Oh, and talking of swear words, the Swedish witch is back, and I have to admit I misjudged her. She was more than happy with the story we wrote together. So much so that I now have another to write and only 8 days in which to complete it, and maybe a third to come later. Good practice for the curse, sorry course, in the Autumn I suppose, so what am I doing here? Fiddle- faddling my grandma would have said, Grandma Steer that is, on my mother's side... Hmmm, now I think of it, she'd have told me exactly the same as Pia only without the swearing - 'stop wasting time boy - get on and do it!'

So here we go again...

Chris

P.S. Sorry, I got distracted. I was going to say that I'm going to Falmouth in the hope of getting the good slapping I don't think I'd get from the distance learning option. I'll be working with (mostly) younger, less cynical people in the hope that their enthusiasm will kick start a career in writing. Something I should have done years ago...
And that's about it...
You can go now...