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Wednesday 16/03/22

I’ve been devoting a lot of attention to my book at the moment. Oh yeah, I’m writing a book. I haven’t really talked about it much, but it’s something I’ve been chipping away at for a couple of years now (at least, the idea goes back that far). I don’t like to go into too much detail too early, because I’m more superstitious than I like to admit - but it’s fiction. Also, it’s a novella. I didn’t want to take on an epic for my first proper go. As long as I tell the story I want to tell, it’s all good. And to be honest, a lot of my favourite books are 200 pages or less. Same with films - if it’s under 90 minutes I’m in. I will be a lot kinder to a film if it just meets that basic requirement. For example - if a 3 hour movie is average, I’ll give it a 4/10. If a 90 minute movie is terrible, I’ll give it a 5/10 just by default for being short.