It’s been an odd sort of day today.   

I’ve been running a secret little project the past couple of weeks.  The reason it’s secret is because it’s been a challenge to myself – to step into an area of writing I know nothing about and prove myself. 

I won’t go into details, but in some ways it’s not been a great year for my writing (in others it’s been a great year).  I had my confidence knocked, and yes, I dusted myself off and carried on going, but I think there was so...