This blog is sponsored by the Arts Council

Uh, well no not really. But the Arts Council have generously offered me a grant to write my novel. Woohoo! It's incredibly generous of them, since they've become a bit tight-fisted of late, especially because the government isn't offering them any more funding till 2008. But I can't be bothered with all that because I have a grant! Celebrations galore have occurred, and now that the dust is starting to settle I realise I actually have to write the damn thing. Hence the need to procrastinate. Which is why i'm here blogging away, tralalala. And visiting my favourite money-saving website. Lalalala. But the novel sits there, slowly, waiting, patiently for my return. I can't shake this thing from my mind, it follows me wherever I go. I maybe having a laugh, drinking with a few friends, but the beast will be standing there, silently in the corner, waiting, waiting. Damn you, you novel beast! Yet, strangely enough, I love you - well, only if you end up getting published some day that is... Otherwise... well it's best not to contemplate that.