I found an old post from a different blog (called "Wordscience" - not to be confused with another, more talented Samantha!), written in 2010 as I was reading the second volume of Doris Lessing's autobiography. This excerpt has always stuck with me, and I thought it worthy to share here…
The early days of home computers and video games has always been a particular interest of mine. In fact, it's my stock answer for the "if you had a time machine" question - while I would love to visit all sorts of historical periods, I'd probably fare a bit better…
So, I did it! I finished the first draft of my novel! I finished it a couple of weeks earlier than anticipated, and I'm still not really feeling like it happened, despite the printed-out evidence above. Evidence, by the way, that looks way more daunting as a thing I can hold…
