To write or not to write

I used to blog a bit, back when I started off the old writing lark in the late noughties. I had aspirations to be a full-time writer and blogging was part of the plan (traffic, clicks and likes, baby). Being a full-time writer sounded grand – a bit of writing in the morning followed by a few pints at lunch, maybe a nap before Neighbours. Still sounds grand, but unfortunately I wrote nearly a million words of non-commercial fiction and not a single word about teenage wizard cunts. So that full-time writer job ain’t on the horizon. Is Neighbours still a thing?

Why blog though?

Why indeed.

I’ve actually written eight novels in total. The three Sid books are in the bank, and I’ve finished the four books of the Magical Modernity series (book 2 out real soon!). Then there was Vessel which never found a home, but almost hit the big leagues (drop me a message if you fancy a read) even though there were no teenage wizard cunts in it.

But I’m taking a break from novels. They take far too long to type out.

So a bit o’ bloggin’.

The world has changed a lot since Sid first turned up on an old word processor my mate gave me back in 2004. Even after publication of the Chronicles I ended up rewriting them a few years later. With the changing tide of political correctness it’s probably fallen off the edge of acceptability, and it was always hanging on by the fingernails – that was the point. Depending on the way the wind blows, controversial comedy either turns offensive or twee. I’m interested in the way the world sees young Sidney in the 2020s (just occurred to me that I’m now only five years younger than Sid – oh man). As someone who sits slightly off to the left of the political spectrum, I’m not rueing my offensive words, and nor am I cashing in on the right-wing “fuck ’em” brigade. In these current populist climes I’d probably be better off picking a side and trying to make some cash, but instead I’m going to write a blog.

So yeah.

I’ll write.

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