so.......... it's, um, been a while.

six months, in fact.

six months since my last (proper) blog update and...

um...

I've got nothing.

well, that's not entirely true. I've been places, met people, done things, made progress. but still, as I sit and write this...

nothing.

it's like life has settled down and become pleasantly non-descript.

vanilla, even.

it's not chocolate, strawberry, topping or sprinkles; but it's kinda sweet and fulfilling nonetheless.

as I said, vanilla.

anyway, can't be bothered doing the whole 'catch up' thing at the moment, so I'll just get straight to the point of today's blog...

I'm taking one of my stories offline.

you know the one I haven't updated in twelve months?

yeah, that one.

basically, I'm desperately unhappy with it, so I'm taking it offline until further notice. hopefully that'll give me the motivation to begin reworking it and actually finish it properly. there's a nice, clever little story in there somewhere, and I've got a significant amount of unedited material sitting on my hard drive, so I'm 99% sure that I'll come back to it at some point.

in the meantime, I'm working on something else.

I always did have big plans for The Middle, so I'm gonna give that my full attention for now. that said, I don't know when I'll be posting any new chapters. from what I understand, eFiction is being torpedoed, so that doesn't exactly motivate me to start posting again. I know that sounds bad, but I really don't see the point of posting something new and then having to repost it all again.

(and now I'm in a bad mood. Thanks, GA.)

anyway, I'm off to clean up my computer desk and actually do some writing.

feel free to say hi.

Matt.