Pretty sure that 17 months counts as 'regular'

Hi!

So i did an even worse job at making regular posts than I thought. Three months of pseudo-consistency followed by a 17 month gap. I'd apologise, but that would carry some kind of implication that it wouldn't happen again. I can't promise that.

Where I left off last time was just after Helena Burnley Vs Professor Endtimes part 1, which feels like forever ago. It didn't really get any easier to keep writing a novel in real time, releasing chapters every month, mostly because of the inability to indulge in revisionist history that I lamented previously. Especially towards the last two chapters there were several ideas that I would have liked to work in earlier, and plot points which could have been more easily resolved by laying groundwork at the beginning of the book, but I'm happy with how it turned out.

It was a strange relief to go back to writing something that wasn't Helena Burnley. I had so much fun with the boundless possibility presented by Adam West Batman style villains and making puns all day that the joy of doing something entirely different in a slightly different style was surprising. Going back to sci-fi and fantasy after that also had a kind of liberation, to put it pretentiously, because it opens the scope for doing other stupid things.

In and around writing the short stories I also started work on a sequel for Helena Burnley and a daily(ish) interactive story on Facebook (www.facebook.com/groups/433624097093162/). At this point the writing time-sink kind of exploded, and I'm learning a lesson in how much is a reasonable amount to take on. Again it's been a hell of a lot of fun, but I need to sort myself out a decent schedule for ending seasons before I feel like my whole life has been overtaken.

I'l wrap this up after the self-indulgence of writing about myself. You'd have thought I'd have more to say after 17 months, but I wouldn't want to leave myself dry for another year and a half.

Thanks for reading and supporting.

​Iain