A bit like I've returned from a gap year a changed my perspectives a bit.

Well hello there, thanks for stopping by.

Now I know it’s been a while and I haven’t kept up with the blog promises I made in that very first (of four) posts. I've let me down, I’ve let the internet down, I’ve let the lads down, especially John, but most importantly I've let you down. There is an in-joke in there that roughly 7 other people will get but I hope it was worth it for them.

(I have not seen and do not endorse this film)

So yes my lack of blogging has gotten me thinking. Why did I set 

it up originally? What did I have that I thought was worth sharing? What should I have for lunch? Pizza? Fry up? Hummus? Hummus. What is that thing growing out of my big toe? All the sorts of questions you might expect.

The title of my blog offers reviews and silliness. From a Hemingway wannabe. The wannabe inserted so it heightens the pretentiousness of referring to myself and Hemingway in the same sentence by seemingly making a joke of it but actually just drawing attention to it.

As you can see, the silliness is there and as insufferable as ever, so that’s good. There has even been one review and will hopefully be more but I think we should now just accept that they will be as rare as an ad break in x-factor. There’s also sarcasm. Whilst I do plan on writing more reviews (I will I will I will) I am a dyspraxic with awful working memory who is very good at planning and talking about doing things but not actually that good at the actual act, as my a level drama teacher Baz can attest to. This is obviously very problematic as it causes the amount of started projects to grow on a regular basis and this is before work for my degree comes into it.

For an aspiring writer this is not a handy trait to possess. And this is where another aspect of my title comes into play; Hemingway wannabe. This writing aspect is something I did not want to write about a lot originally, whether that be because I didn’t think it was interesting, or it could all turn a bit hipster emo and/or wanky, or some small part of me didn’t want to mention some amazing idea for a novel in a blog for someone like Dan Brown to then go on and steal. That last ones a joke. But this does bring me back to why I started this blog. One of the old writing clichés is that the best way to get good at writing is to write. So I set this up to be able write something regularly that isn’t in my usual style but keeps cogs turning and allows me to try new things, to be conversational and witty. So far, I think I am slightly succeeding in one of those things. So I have now decided to write more about the writing hence the addition to the blog title. I am hoping this will help me get my ideas in check, help me be more organised, help me get in the mood for writing so I’m not having to make myself jump in at the deep end each time I pick up a pen, perhaps help others in a similar position or inspire them to help me.

Basically internet, you are now not only my therapist and confident but also, in a way, my writers group.

So now I will detail my trials and tribulations in writing on this blog and hopefully it may be of interest to you. For people who have read my writing, don’t worry, the blog will not be depressing, dark or twisted. The silliness very much remains.

To finish, and this will be a regular thing when I am talking about writing, I will leave you with a quote on writing by an author who has been there done that, because if there’s one thing I like more than writing its profound statements about writing that I can recycle when in public and seem intellectual, wise and deep.so for my first one I will use one from Neil Gaiman, whom I am currently just a little bit obsessed with after seeing him in Edinburgh and devouring his work again or for the first time. This quote is taken from him talking about writing on the Nerdist Podcast (I got it off youtube here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drMuQqLLEe0 13/09.2013 lots of stunningly good advice and the full thing is available here http://www.nerdist.com/2011/07/nerdist-podcast-106-neil-gaiman/)

I hope you enjoyed reading this rambley rubbish collection of words, thanks for reading hope to see you again soon!

“If you only write when you inspired you may be a fairly decent poet, but you will never be a novelist.” Neil Gaiman