Now that the Christmas chaos and piano anticipation are out of the way, it's time to get on with editing "Powderkeg Walk". First job will be to finish the revision of Chapter 1 to submit for critique, then another look at the revised outline. I also still haven't done my character list and city map (mea culpa!), so those need doing as well.

I've just signed up for the 2YN (Two Year Novel) Course on Forward Motion. I first thought about it when I saw the adverts for the accompanying book on the site, then when I found out that it had to be a completely new project - not even set in an existing world - I decided to concentrate on my NaNoWriMo revisions.

However, a post on the FM forums made me think that maybe I need another setting as a backup, in case my Secret Theatre books don't sell. And the pace of the course is fairly leisurely, so hopefully I can fit it in around revising "Powderkeg Walk". Finally, the course is once a year only, so if I don't start it now I'll have to wait until late December to sign up for the 2008/9 course :(

I found out yesterday that my iBook, which suffered water damage back in May 2006 and was replaced by a MacBook, is officially a write-off. Since I don't have any other computer to use whilst my MacBook is being repaired, I've decided to get a Mac Mini. I have a big flat-screen monitor sitting around doing sweet FA, and plenty of spare keyboards and mice, so I only need the Mac Mini itself :)

Now I just need my husband to sort out his home office, so that there's space for it!

I moved this website again today, so that I can use my married name as the domain. It was also a good opportunity to give the pages the once-over and makes sure they were up to date, and spruce up the colour scheme, which I wasn't entirely happy with on the old site. Luckily it was very easy to transfer this blog - just a database import and a few tweaks to the template to work with the latest version of Movable Type.

Now, if I could only summon the energy to do some actual writing...