Although electronic dictionaries are a really useful tool in conlanging, the old-fashioned side of me longs for a paper version that I can thumb through. To that end I've bought three lovely linen-bound notebooks from Paperchase; the only problem now is that I'm almost too scared to use them!

I fear I'm getting a bit bogged down in this conlang project. Just when I thought I was making some progress, I've fallen out of love with my main conlang, Mirmali :(

After last night's CWIL meeting I'm starting to feel increasingly keen on working on my novel series. Partly it's guit, because the number of submissions to the group has decreased recently, but there's also the demands of my competitive streak - Rebecca's new book is shaping up really well, and I refuse to be outdone!

More objectively, I also think I've had a sufficient break from my own work that I can reassess it without going into a panic :)

After my post-Christmas "sabbatical", the story ideas are finally starting to bubble up, so I'm going to put my conlangs on the backburner and make another stab at writing...

Despite my best intentions last week, I really haven't written anything so far :( To make matters worse, I finally picked up a paperback I bought ages ago and have been unable to put it down.