I finally managed to finish an original story. If I could only write every day (or rather night) I'd feel a lot better. I only wish I'd get round to finishing my novel. Why is it so hard? I suppose I'm afraid I'll ruin what I've already written. All I need is a sort of start. A couple of sentences to set the right mood. Usually I manage to think of something much sooner. I'm afraid that if I don't get it finished soon, it will never happen. It's just going to be pointless.

I still haven't worked on my novel, but I did get ideas for two original stories. At first I thought I was going to be able to start writing right away, the same night. The night, after all, is my favorite time for writing.

But no such luck. Still, I have worked out most of the things that will go into the stories. Plot, characters etc. I guess I just have cold feet. After writing a couple of stories I've been happy with, I'm afraid of making a mess of these.

The same is true for my novel, but even more so.

Oh, well. Writing is fun, but reading is necessary too. Fortunately, I have a couple of books I can read.

I just read a fascinating article about a 93-year-old woman in the UK who just debuted as a novelist. Yeah, you read that right. She's 93. She says she's been writing 'forever' or 'for a hundred years' or close enough. I guess it will be that long until I get published...

The book she wrote seems really interesting too. It's a feminist thriller. That wouldn't have been my first guess, when I learned that the author is 93...

I can't wait to read her book.

I guess older people are becoming trendy these days. Young people want to be old. (I read that in the paper the other day). Personally I can't see why though. I'm always going to stay young. And I'm also going to be a famous, celebrated best selling author. Yeah, right.

Anyway, it isn't all that long ago that we in Sweden were stunned to realize that we had a 93-year-old rapper. Greta the Rapper, who raps about Jolly Bob from Aberdeen. All in her Gothenburg dialect, naturally. She has a very exciting past. A bit of a freedom fighter. Again, a little like Lorna Page, the author.

If 20 is the new 50, as I read in the paper, maybe 90 is the new 30.

I've finally managed to get back into writing again. "Just" fan fiction so far, but I feel that soon I'll be ready to get started on an original story. Either I'll work up to it by staring with writing or finishing an original story, or starting a new one, or both. Or - I'll get to work on my novel in progress. There isn't that much more to do.

Then there's that other novel, the one I've finished. This is it. I'll finally get it sent to the publishers. I don't know why I keep putting it off. Except, I do. Today, it's almost impossible to get anything published. You'll need connections or you need to be a celebrity. And so on and so forth. Besides, it's probably impossible to get someone to even read your book, much less give it a chance.

Still... Once I've done it, at least I'll have tried. You can't do more than that. I think my book is exciting and interesting. So does my 'beta reader'. Of course, that just makes two of us.

In any case, my writing (as opposed to pretty much everything else in my life) is back on track. At least that's something.