In Suspension

I feel FREEZING at the moment. I think i feel autumn coming and even though i know i'm going to start bitching about the coldness soon, i'm definitely, 100%, out of my mind sure about being happy that summer over. It's the worst season, there's not really anything i like about summer at all, not here in Australia anyway where the summers are so hot people cancel out on seeing you to stay at home and you nod and agree that that's a good idea. Things are a bit quiet on the blog front because i've been working on a lot of submissions for different journals. I'm quite into the idea of entering more competitions so that's something that i'm also looking into. I think as a writer it's really important to be in touch with people who are on your level and to scope out the sort of writing that they're doing. It's important because you want to know how you're doing in comparison to others.

It's never useful to be a stand-alone. I want to read less of published authors who have made it as a writer and more of writers just like me. Writers who are still establishing their careers and trying to find some stable ground. That's where things get more interesting. But of course, how you judge yourself and others is a matter of personal opinion. Somewhere along the lines, you might find some commonality between your opinions and other people's though. I don't really know what else to say. I think if all goes well, my answers to the very first edition of ' Ask Yalei ' will be up tonight earliest, latest either tomorrow or the day after.
Has anyone been following the Malaysian Flights issue? I knew about it for the past few weeks but it didn't really get me in the grips till last night. I feel like it kind of is a modern day mystery and it reminds me of how complicated life can be because there's just no way of ever fool-proofing ourselves from incidences that can change us for good.