I've just read the first chapter of Samhane by Daniel I Russell. You know, the opening was that good I almost deleted everything i had ever written off my hard-drive and hung up my pen and thought of getting a new hobby.

Then I had a drink of my tea, calmed down then hit myself with an egg whisk. A defeatist attitude like that will get me nowhere in life.

More than a few people suggested that I should rewrite the story in third person. At first I was reluctant to even think of undertaking such a momentous task.

Then I read it again and all the flaws just stuck out like a sore thumb. Flaws like, there's no hook at the beginning, the countless typos and first person just doesn't do the story justice.

See above.

Well done!

Well done to me for starting my first blog by sounding like a whiny teenager. A rewind is in order I think.

Hi!

I'm Ian. I live in Bradford, England and I'm 39,  married and have a mortgage.

there, now we know each other.