I posted the last chapter of The Comrade’s Tale Part 2 on 21st August 2022 and in the end note gave the impression that Part 3 would soon follow as the first chapter was already written, which it was. --- And then nothing.
This is an apology to my reader for keeping him/her in a state of suspended non-animation for such a long time.
Writer’s block is a strange beast but in simple terms it is a temporary or lasting failure to put words on paper. There are many reasons for the blockage; lack of inspiration, frustration that what you have in your mind doesn’t come out the same on the paper/screen when you write, loss of confidence in your ability, etc , etc, the list is endless.
So what was my reason for failing to put words on paper?
I lost interest in what I was writing. I lost interest in writing. I just lost interest.
I have experienced writer’s block before and did then what the people who know all about the ailment suggest, which is to write something, anything, just write. I wrote ‘Tales from an Ex Brat’ stories, some of which had already been published online in ‘First and Last’, The Journal of the 81st Entry of RAF Halton Apprentices.
This time I did nothing until the start of 2023. My New Year resolution was to finish The Comrade’s Tale Part 3 and then complete the Linkage Series with The Mother’s Story. Amazingly I am still keeping my resolution and have 11 chapters of The Comrade’s Tale Part 3 written and edited with the 12th chapter being written ready for dispatch to Old Rotor head (ORH) for editing when he returns from his latest trip overseas.
I hope to have the completed book edited and ready for posting by the end of June at the latest.
Thank you for reading. Thank you for waiting. Thank you.
Regards
Jack
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