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Well, I planned to hit a milestone before the end of 2017, and I thought I’d missed it (damn you, Deb, and your rubbish record-keeping), but in the process of writing this blog post, I discovered I didn’t miss it at all. Hurrah! What am I talking about? This… 3,003,924 …is how many words I’ve clocked up since I started writing ‘for real’. Which is rather good, as I was aiming to hit three million, and I did. However…my annual word count has dwindled over the past four years: 2001: 105,342 2003: 8,600 2005: 1,062 2007: 111,813 2008: 122,414 2009: 66,735 2010: 52,771 2011: 101,820 2012: 183,373 2013: 515,840 2014: 486,425 2015: 474,692 2016: 399,912 2017: 373,125 😞 New Year, New Me? Hahahahaha. No. If  I was the kind of person to make New Year resolutions (which I’m not—you can set a goal  any time you like.  Pretty radical, huh?), I’d be setting one to hit 400k words in 2018. Last Words of Last Year… Anyway, here were the last w...

It's New Year's Eve, so it is! Not my favourite time of year, I must admit. I don't make resolutions, and I have a psychological aversion to fireworks and 'Auld Lang Syne'. But never mind all that. On Christmas Day, Raine O'Tierney and I released a Christmas story - Christmas Craic and Mistletoe - which is, in fact, two Christmas stories rolled into one. The second story - Tom and Michael - has a rather lovely chapter entitled 'What are you doing...' The inspiration for that chapter (aside from the characters themselves, of course) was the song 'What are you doing New Year's Eve', as recorded by Harry Connick Jr. So I thought I'd post a little teaser from the chapter, along with a link to the song, to help get you in a smoooth romantic mood! Whatever you're doing this New Year's Eve, have a good one! :) Deb x  * * * * * Excerpt from Christmas Craic and Mistletoe - 'What are you doing...' Tom rubb...