When I wrote Reset I was on the outside looking in. I had no idea if I could write entertaining SF, if I could induce smiles, inspire thought (or ire) or even if anyone would bother reading my over-wrangled word-string-things. There was only one way to find out. No-one was waiting for Reset except me and I could take as long as I liked (I had little choice because there were many other demands on my time).

Well, apparently I can actually do some of those things I was aiming to do (yeah, I was surprised too). I am immensely chuffed that most people who have taken the trouble to read Reset have thoroughly enjoyed it (sorry Mr. Mellard, can’t win ‘em all eh?) and slightly mystified that several readers wanted to hear what I had to say about the process - as if I knew anything?

Now that I’m writing Dammit, not exactly from the inside looking out but no longer from a complete novice’s perspective, the knowledge that there’s an audience eager to read it is pushing me to try harder to make sure it’s as good as it can be. So Dammit is currently in re-write. There’s some internal logic that isn’t working yet and while I know that doesn’t seem to bother many film makers these days, it drives me nuts. I’ll crack it eventually and I think it will be worth the effort because some of it is actually quite good!