That's me.

A bad blogger.

This doesn't mean, fortunately, that I've not been writing anything. I've been working on lots of little things recently, mostly personal, but one story for Black Library, called 'The Blooding'.

It's about a member of the Blood Angels second company, Helias, going through the rite that they call the Blooding. This involves them succumbing to, and enduring the Red Thirst, in order to best it.

This story was a lot of fun to write. I've always been a big fan of thousand word stories. They give you a great opportunity to use devices when you're writing that maybe wouldn't hold up in a longer story, and the format being so short means you have to pare what you're doing right down.

This story was born from its first line “A monster walks in step beside me, and it is made of teeth.”. This was one of those excellent occasions where the first line shows itself from the outset, instead of hiding at the back of the room where you can't see it. I've always been of the opinion that getting going is the hardest part about writing anything, and once you get over that initial hurdle, it usually gets easier.

DISCLAIMER: THIS IS TOTALLY NOT ALWAYS THE CASE.
This project also followed on pretty quickly from something I'd been working on for a while, and it was great to clear the decks completely with something really different. Writing begets more writing, and I came out of 'The Blooding' feeling more creative than I had done for a long time.

I almost wish it was as easy on Helias. ;)

This means I'm aiming for a blog resurgence. I've read loads of books in the last few months that I wanted to drop some opinions about, plus a bunch of RPG chat and board game related thoughts.

More to come.

For real, this time.