Absence & Presence

Well guys, I'll just be straight. Looks like my journal directive didn't quite work out. I forgot the cause of it, but something happened and I wasn't able to keep up with it.

And I've been failing to reach my quote consistently... Again. By now, I've written only about 55,000 words, which is equivalent to about 10,000 words a month... A measly 1/3 of my usual rate. And I haven't posted on this blog for a month and a half. A record if I may say so myself. For that I apologise.

I guess this year is going to be the least productive year of my life, and I won't try to justify it - I believe I've done that before.

I guess we all have our up and downs.

I'll just update you guys on my progress in Phonehead, my next major novel. In the month and a half that I've stopped posting and slowing down, I've managed to bring my new protagonist (with a retreating soldier in tow), who is in an electronic zombie apocalypse, from the highway on the way to find his girlfriend, to where she lived. They met, hugged and kissed, and resolved an argument between the soldier and a new character, a surprisingly rebellious police officer.

And now I'm writing Belinda (the girlfriend) and her story.

I believe the story would be finished by December latest, going by my current rate. However, fingers crossed - maybe I can get myself out of this slump.

I'm gonna brainstorm about what to put in this blog. It's been growing cobwebs and actual spider webs.