Ok, to begin with, a little more than an hour and a half ago I finished my last class of my first year of Uni. I've still got a few assignments to hand in next week, but I'm done with classes for the year. One year down, two (and a half) to go. I showed my creative writing tutor my radioplay today, and he was really pleased with it. He said it was "broadcastable". I absoleutely love it when I hear this sort of feedback. Especially from a man who's published two novels and knows a thing or two about the industry.

So, as I often do when I accomplish something, I go out and buy stuff, lately it's been books. Lots of books. Today I bought three. Tim Winton's Breath. Tim Winton's a Western Australian resident, and he studied English at Curtin University. The very university I'm attending now. And he was lectured/tutored (not sure which), by another esteemed Australian Writer, Elizabeth Jolley, whom has a lecture theatre named after her. It could very well be that I've sat in the same room as Winton when he was taught by Jolley. But then again, I don't know for certain. But I know he's having a lecture theatre named after him next to the Elizabeth Jolley lecture theatre. Exciting stuff. Anyway, I digress. Very much so. The second book I bought was F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. A classic, by the author of the short story, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, of which a recent film adaptation was made. And thirdly, I bought Alex Garland's The Beach. I saw the movie featuring Leonardo DiCaprio quite some time ago, on television, I think, and in my recent scourging of the bookstores, I learned that it was based on a novel. $10, can't go wrong, really. I also spent a long time contemplating picking up another Palahniuk title, but I decided I'd leave it for another time, Chuck.

Oh, also, starting NaNoWriMo in two days time, can't wait. In the Valley of the Tempest is a steampunk mystery adventure novel in progress, of which it is currently pages upon pages of notes and ideas. I'll probably post the unedited version of the novel on here, and then edit it, and then try to publish it.