Happy Australia Day! Down Under, now it's actually the day after, but better late than never, I say! The day itself is really self-explanatory, with the US equivalent being the 4th of July. I mentioned a bit more about the celebrations in an older entry. For most people there it's a long weekend, with a public holiday on Monday. We didn't have any special plans today though, other than staying warm indoors and keeping Jack amused. I suppose we could've paid a visit to the nearby Outback Steakhouse, but they probably wouldn't have known the significance of the day anyhow....

As I mentioned in a previous entry, last year was pretty ordinary writing-wise. I had hoped to enter 2008 with the usual New Year burst of productivity, but I ended up getting off to a slow start and I'm still yet to finish the first story of the year. I did manage to tidy-up and submit one written last year in time for the anthology deadline this month, so that's something. I'm working on a new story right now. This one holds promise, being about monkeys and assorted weirdness, although I did get stuck for a few days before I managed to unclog the mental logjam. The ending remains cloudy, so I'm hoping something will pop into my head before I write myself too far into a corner.

There's another interesting development on the writing front, but I shall remain tight-lipped until such time as I'm able to announce it here, assuming everything works out. I'm keeping my fingers crossed ;)

Now I'd better stop reading about Bonsai and really get stuck into the new yarn! These little trees have become quite a distraction since I received a plant for Christmas and reignited the old interest.

What I'm Reading:
The Ultimate Egoist: Volume I: The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon
The Bonsai Workshop, Herb Gustafson
The Secret Techniques of Bonsai, Masakuni Kawasumi II and Masakuni Kawasumi III