Unspoken Words

Here’s wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and all the very best in 2010.

For me, Christmas time is the best break of the year. Demands are few and everything slows down. It’s a time to recharge the batteries and pause to reflect; a time for coming together, and for thinking about those who are absent through distance or loss.

This Christmas, during the quiet moments, I’ll be doing some prep for my novel so that I can begin writing in the new year. That, for me, is what 2010 is going to be about. By the end of 2010 I plan to have a completed, polished manuscript. As preparation for that, 2009 has been about reading, especially contemporary science fiction, and I’ve probably read more novels this year than at any time in my life. It’s also been about reducing commitments and freeing up time so that I can give the novel my full attention.

My best wishes go out to everyone who knows me, but particularly to those in Critters Bar and the Goldfish Bowl. I don’t anticipate being around as much in 2010, but you can always catch up with me here and I hope some of you will drop by.

A very Merry Christmas to you and yours.

Cheers, Bob