Ill!

I seem to have fallen ill shortly after I updated this page. I had assumed my sneezing and respiratory problems were just the usual that came with allergens and the weather, but soon enough, I was aching all over and feeling pretty limp and light-headed. Ugh. Bedtime for me.

The past year...

Well, it's been an interesting year since I took off from this blog and went on hiatus. I have lived through a lot of fascinating experiences, some positive and others negative, and looking back, I think I've gone quite a long way from the way I was a year ago. I can't say with certainty that the minute changes in my life are all, or even mostly good, but perhaps I've learnt, maybe just a bit, to look at life with more optimism and less cynicism.

Or is that just the medication talking? I can never tell.

A thing worth mentioning would be that I picked up reading once again, now that my concentration level has gone back up. I have proven to be almost as voracious a reader as I once was, churning through paperbacks faster than I would've thought possible. I have also deviated from my preferred genres, wading into unfamiliar territory. I have discovered some rivetting authors, such as Richard Laymon, Amy Tan, and China Miéville. So far, it's been a good investment of my time, and perhaps with time, my old passions will return to me.

I'm also setting for myself a new goal for the year. When depression struck, it killed my writing and put me off it for a good while. The damage has yet to be undone, but lately, I've been itching to get back to writing and creative pursuits. So I say to myself, what about a small project? My appetite for fantasy and fiction hasn't waned one bit, and I have plenty of ideas kicking around in my head. This summer would be a golden opportunity for me to warm up and get working. Even if I'm still a hopeless social phobic, I can still fight in my little own way.

So the goal is that I am going to write a story and actually see it to the end without quitting. Length doesn't matter, so long as it is appropriate. The end-result will be posted on here. I hope that is a manageable and reasonable goal for me, and that I achieve it.

Wish me luck, and thank you for reading.