As you can probably tell if you are reading this, there have been some changes made here at zombiehamster.com. I was reasonably happy with the overall look of the site beforehand, but there were far too many formatting issues. You should now be able to access the archives and various categories more freely and easily. See how hard I work for you? This is progress, no?
What I am exceptionally pleased with is the return to the more traditional layout, which will allow for more articles to be seen on the main page. It seemed sort of counter-productive to only have one post on the title page, especially as sometimes there would be multiple posts in a day. So, let’s hope I can get the final few bugs out this afternoon and all will be well.
The dust has settled from the previous month’s craziness and things are very much back to normal. My self imposed work routine is back on track and productivity is once again at an all time high. It has been six months since I left the world of steady and reliable employment and whilst it has been a tumultuous period, I am still convinced that the choice I made was the right one.
The collection of short stories that I am writing is progressing well. I hope to have this finished within the coming months and now that the site is closer to what I had always envisioned, there may even be room for a new category or two in which selections could be incorporated. I have also been working extensively on my first novel, which has been gruelling, but unimaginably rewarding. There is still a long way to go, but reading over it now, after a few weeks away has definitely given me the distance and renewed motivation to continue with it.
It has saddened me somewhat that I haven’t been able to keep up my comic output more than I have done, but it’s something that is being reworked into my schedule. I miss drawing comics, even if they weren’t of the greatest quality; they’re always made with love (or pain – Ha!). The acquisition of a new Wacom drawing tablet (courtesy of a good friend) has most certainly allowed me to try out many different techniques. Once I have mastered the use of it, I imagine that the comics will resurrect themselves. I would love to have a weekly web comic on the go and this is already in the works.
The movie reviews of the bizarre, the forgotten and the downright awful will continue as they are a great way to still write after I have been concentrating on fiction for the day. I have a huge back list of titles to review and once the image issues are sorted out on the site, they will be reappearing consistently.
I don’t want this post to come across all ‘Well, I’m doing this and that and I’m writing a novel and bludurr de flurpin’ blur’ because it’s genuinely not. Just because you write doesn’t mean that you have to be a knob. It’s merely that some of you were asking what the hell it is I do; now you know. Oh, and it was my birthday the other day and I got this delightful Godzilla Boy picture from none other than Akira The Don (pictured above)! This really is marvellous, thank you sir. Also many thanks to everyone who sent birthday wishes and regards, they were greatly appreciated. Talk soon. ZH
