With the advent of the writing forum, the latest Newgrounds writing competition has begun. Monthly Writing Competition 10: January/February: A Tale of Two Stories. Still looking for two more judges. So, yeah, go check that whole forum out and the competition if you're interested in writing. We've got a good bunch of writers on this site, it'll be a shame if we don't do anything with these skills.

Now that I've said all that you're interested in, you're free to go and ignore my petty musings if you wish.

I'm a measly 1,600 words into the rewriting of my novel, "In the Valley of the Tempest" renamed "Stormbringer", as the first in the Tempest Series. I've been starting quite a few short stories lately, none of which have amounted to anything. I started something today, and I hope it doesn't succumb to the same fate as its brothers. However, if I do complete this story, who's to say that it's not going to turn out a philosophical pile of wank or mull about in a universal glumness. Because basically, that's what I'm heading towards. I've had a great start to the year, very social, lots of fun, but these past couple of days have been chaotic, and it's left me feeling a little burned out. And moody. I'm using that to fuel my latest story, so hopefully, it means I'll be able to write something meaningful, if only to myself.

Good luck to all the writers out there, I can't wait to see what more this new forum has to offer.

Also, thanks to those who bothered to read all of this, even if it's just meaningless me-feeling-sorry-for-myself to you.